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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.

As expected, the new week brings a smattering of polling data , as people start finally boxing up all of their 2009 Election decorations and moving onward to the next trip to the ballot box.

Was Election Day last Tuesday a shot across the bow of the Democratic Party? You bet it was, but if the Republicans didn't get the message, too, they can forget about a comeback in 2010.

Tuesday night Michael Bloomberg came within 5 points of losing his job as mayor of New York City to Comptroller William Thompson even though the voters were giving him a 70% job approval.

A WINDOW ON THE FUTURE: Crews install windows on the skywalk that will connect the Sundlun Terminal at Green Airport with a rental car garage and railroad station platform.

State Rep. Gordon Fox could become the state's first openly gay House Speaker if he succeeds William Murphy in Nov.

State House Room 313 last week was the scene of the most contentious legislative hearing in nearly four months.

Two men who may face off next year in the race for Rhode Island governor will be discussing the political legacy of their families.

Republican business executive Rory Smith announced Wednesday that he would run for Rhode Island governor and called for spending and tax cuts to help revive a tanking economy that's pushed unemployment to 13 percent.

Activists in support of marriage for gays and lesbians rallied on the steps of the Rhode Island State House in Providence on Oct.

A businessman who may be the best hope for the Republicans for finding a candidate for next year's governor's race is drawing inevitable comparisons to current Gov.

Tropical deforestation accounts for roughly 17 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, a rate that makes Brazil one of the top emitters of greenhouse gases, along with far richer nations like the United States and China.

U.S. companies could save tens of billions of dollars by investing in efforts to combat deforestation in developing nations instead of cleaning up their own domestic carbon dioxide emissions, according to a report released Wednesday.

Saving the rain forest is no longer just about helping such countries as Brazil and Indonesia preserve their exotic fauna and flora.

Northeast Republicans should focus on a message of fiscal accountability, raise more campaign cash and recruit more candidates to rebuild a regional presence shattered in the last two election cycles, a former White House chief of staff said Saturday.

Former Senator Lincoln D. Chafee, who is considering a run for governor in 2010, announced today that he has contracted with Devine Mulvey, a highly regarded media and communications firm with extensive experience in helping clients win campaigns in the United States, including Rhode Island.

New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Chris Daggett is one of several independent candidates who could be a factor in upcoming contests.

" Stephen R. Hourahan has stepped down as Bancorp Rhode Island Inc.'s senior vice president of marketing and communications to become executive director of AIDS Project Rhode Island Inc., the nonprofit said Friday.

Sen. Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I., right, and Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., take a tour of Women and Infants Hospital in Providence, R.I., on Thursday, Nov.

Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, a larger-than-life political figure and cultural icon whose name is writ large across a half-century of American history, was remembered by colleagues, friends and public officials across Rhode Island Wednesday as a great statesman and a good man.