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Governor Carcieri fishes for striped bass in July 2004 with Joe Pagano, of Cranston.

Drug suspect killed in exchange of gunfire NEW BEDFORD - A suspect in a drug investigation was killed Thursday in a gunfight with a state police tactical unit, authorities said.

Attention, members of the waste-management industry: has Rhode Island got a dump for you! The state began soliciting proposals on Monday to explore the feasibility of leasing or selling the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation, which runs the state's Central Landfill in Johnston and Rhode Island's recycling operations.

Governor Carcieri will sign into law a bill to outlaw indoor prostitution in Rhode Island Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the State House.

The run of foreclosures that has taken nearly 6,000 homes and rental properties away from struggling borrowers since January 2008 may soon be running a little more slowly.

Nine hours after Thursday night's action began, state lawmakers filed out of the House and Senate chambers for what would probably be the last time this year.

Warwick schools will remain open as long as the department has sufficient teachers and teacher assistants to conduct classes, Superintendent Peter Horoschak said yesterday.

As a business owner who employs 60 people, has 16 years of State Senate experience along with a Bachelor's degree in economics from Providence College, State Senator William Walaska thinks he has the credentials to be the state's next General Treasurer.

Rhode Island began three years ago, in 2006, with a study. Two years ago, in 2007, the state's governor called a conference of all interested parties - cities, maritime businesses, the environmental community, various governmental officials, among others.

The General Assembly returns to Smith Hill this week after a four-month hiatus that left uncertain the fate of scores of bills touching everything from taxes, cell phones, license plates and fishing to even the state's official name.

An Associated Press story that appeard in the Boston Globe , among other papers, notes that prospective Republican gubernatorial candidate Riordon "Rory" Smith's candidacy is drawing comparisons to Governor Carcieri's initial campaign.

For years, the leaders at Rhode Island's trash agency bought insurance to cover potential liability by its officers, directors and others.

Governor Donald Carcieri and Rhode Island Department of Transportation Director Michael P. Lewis were joined this morning by Federal Highway Administration Administrator Victor Mendez and Providence Mayor David Cicilline to celebrate this weeka s opening of the last major segment of the Iway: I-195 West to I-95 North.

The House Labor Committee will hear from the public later today on a bill that would resolve public school teacher disputes through binding arbitration, but Gov.

Rhode Island's Gov. Donald Carcieri cannot simply speak out against same-sex marriage at the Massachusetts Family Institute and expect nobody is his home state to care.

Nearly 200 supporters of same-sex marriage rallied on the steps of the Rhode Island state house in Providence on Saturday, angry that Rhode Island is an actual 'island' in a sea of New England states that have marriage equality or civil union laws on the books.

Outgoing Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri has agreed to meet in early November with a group of gay and lesbian activists, but proceeded to speak out against gay marriage at a fundraiser for a Massachusetts group opposed to gay and lesbian rights.

Former Lt. Gov. Charlie Fogarty is returning to the State House. But this time, he'll be wearing a lobbyist badge.

With the General Assembly scheduled to reconvene at the end of the month, supporters of same-sex marriage Saturday held a rally on the steps of the State House to try to put more heat on individual senators and representatives to come around to their cause.

Rhode Island Governor Carcieri , speaking Thursday at a fund-raiser for an anti-homosexual Massachusetts organization, said marriage is "not a civil right" and that families have the best outcomes when led by a mother and father.