Donald Carcieri News

Someone may have awarded Little Rhody three new congressional districts while we weren't looking.

Governor Carcieri 's lawyers are trying to keep new Superior Court Judge Brian Stern, a former head of state purchasing and chief of staff to the governor, from having to answer questions under oath in a lawsuit filed by the Shire Corp., a road and bridge building company that claims it was the victim of illegal bid manipulations by the state.

Four Rhode Island state troopers will be deputized with immigration powers by early 2010, nearly two years after Governor Carcieri sought the state-federal partnership, and during the waning months of his administration.

Despite pressure from the governor and other state officials, National Grid has again rejected a proposal to buy clean power from a developer proposing to build a $200-million wind farm off Block Island.

On tonight's Colbert Report , Stephen Colbert used his "THE WA RD" segment to talk about "Skeletons in the Closet": the rights we should or should not give to gay couples.

The Judicial Nominating Commission on Tuesday night chose two Superior Court judges and three lawyers to recommend to Governor Carcieri for consideration to be an associate justice on the Rhode Island Supreme Court, a seat that became open when Paul A. Suttell became chief justice in July.

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.

Stephen Colbert had big fun tonight at the expense of RI Gov. Donald Carcieri and his veto last week of a bill that would have permitted same-sex partners of the deceased to make funeral arrangements.

Seeking to protect "traditional marriage" from "incremental erosion," Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri has vetoed a law which would have allowed same-sex partners to provide for the burial of their loved ones .

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Mark Goldberg says the police were at his Fox Point home for about two hours the day he found his domestic partner's body in the garage.

Given the fact that Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri is solidly in with NOM and giving speeches about "traditional marriage" to the Massachusetts Family Institute, this thaw is encouraging.

Governor Carcieri surprised political rivals this week when he told gay-rights activists he would consider comprehensive reforms giving many, if not all, of the rights of marriage to same-sex couples.

Is being dead a gay issue? If you're a gay couple living in Rhode Island, it certainly is.

Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri has recently vetoed a bill that would have banned tracking public school students by tagging their backpacks with RFID chips.

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.

In the days since Governor Carcieri vetoed a bill that would have given "domestic partners'' the right to make funeral decisions for each other, potential Democratic gubernatorial candidates are lining up in opposition to his stand.

An opponent of same-sex marriage, Governor Carcieri has vetoed a bill giving domestic partners the right to claim the bodies of - and make funeral arrangements for - their loved ones.

Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri on Monday vetoed legislation that would have imposed privacy restrictions on the use of E-ZPass toll transponder data.

Governor Carcieri has vetoed 22 of the scores of bills passed by lawmakers in their hectic, two-day special session at the end of October, including legislation stripping the governor of his power to appoint a replacement for a U.S. senator who dies or leaves office in mid-term. Known as the "Blagojevich bill," the law seeks to remedy the problems ...