Rhode Island News

Gov. Don Carcieri is a staunch social conservative who headlined a fundraiser for an anti-gay marriage group and says same-sex couples have no civil right to marriage.

Governor Carcieri and Col. Brendan Doherty, superintendent of the state police, inspect the new troopers Friday at their swearing-in ceremony at the Community College of Rhode Island, in Lincoln.

Governor Donald L. Carcieri's administration has failed for months to spend $20 million meant to insulate poor people's homes against the winter chill and put unemployed people to work during one of the worst economic crises since the Great Depression.

An independent feature comedy film in Rhode Island, by Rhode Islanders is about to premiere and it's called "Lumberjacking."

Reacting to the Governor of Rhode Island's decision to veto a bill that would have allowed gays to claim the bodies of their loved ones should they die, Colbert turned up the satire.

Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has banned Rep. Patrick Kennedy from receiving Communion, the central sacrament of the church, in Rhode Island because of the congressman's support for abortion rights, Kennedy said in a newspaper interview published Sunday.The decision by the outspoken prelate, reported on The Providence Journal's Web site, ...

Rhode Island has one of the highest proportions of pedestrian fatalities in the nation, according to a new study, along with one of the highest proportions of fatalities among elderly persons.

Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation will host Rhode Island Recycles Day this Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon at the Central Landfill at 65 Shun Pike in Johnston.

The upcoming holidays bring families together to share dinners and gifts, but there are plenty of families who cannot afford to celebrate.

The Rhode Island Department of Health has confirmed that there have been two more H1N1 deaths in the Ocean State.Health officials say both victims were adult females between the ages of 45-55 years old.

Governor Carcieri landed on national television Monday night as the "star'' of a biting -- but laugh-out-loud -- segment on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report'' about his veto of a bill that would have given gays the right to claim the bodies and make funeral decisions for their same-sex partners.

United States Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse met with LGBT Rhode Islanders on Nov. 12 to discuss gay rights issues.

Two days after vetoing a bill giving domestic partners the right to make funeral decisions for each other, a conciliatory Governor Carcieri told a gay-rights activist group he is open to supporting a domestic-partnership law that bestows many if not all of the rights of marriage, without the right to marry.

Generally speaking, the best argument in favor of gay marriage is that it is, quite simply, a 14th Amendment issue.

Rhode Island gubernatorial hopeful blasts governor's veto of a bill allowing domestic partners to make funeral arrangements for one another.

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A socially conservative governor who has fought for years against gay marriage in Rhode Island has slightly softened his stance by suggesting he may back a domestic partnership system offering legal protections for same-sex couples.

Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri vetoed a bill earlier today that would have added domestic partners to the list of those authorized under state law to make funeral arrangements for each other.

Senate Bill 211 would have prohibited the technology's use to track the locations of students in the state's schools, while also limiting the way in which information from vehicle RFID programs, such as toll collection, is used.

Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch has criticized Governor Donald Carcieri's veto of a bill that would have given gays and lesbians the right to make funeral arrangements for their deceased domestic partners.