Lincoln Chafee News

Gov. Lincoln Chafee has ordered federal and Rhode Island flags to fly at half-staff until noon on Memorial Day in tribute to those who died while serving in the United States armed forces.

This year the University of Rhode Island held its 127th commencement exercises in the Ryan Center instead of outdoors.

Republican Steve Laffey, in a statement released Friday, announced he has withdrawn from the Colorado Gubernatorial GOP primary a week after putting his name into the ring .

Police at the University of Rhode Island could soon be carrying firearms following a vote Thursday by state education officials to end Rhode Island's distinction as the only state to prohibit police on public campuses from carrying guns.

Rhode Island's minimum wage would go up 25 cents to $8 per hour next year under legislation approved in the state Senate.

As teachers across the state call for Governor Lincoln Chafee not to renew Education Commissioner Deborah Gist's contract in June, Warwick Superintendent Richard D'Agostino is working to implement her mandates, including teacher evaluations, as best he can.

Rhode Island Moderate Party founder and chairman Ken Block of Barrington is making another run for governor.

Barrington's Town Council president is a "housing hero." June Sager Speakman was honored recently with a 2013 Partners in Housing Award from Rhode Island Housing.

Just hours after he was appointed U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, on January 11th, while Congress was in recess, he reportedly sat at a high-level interagency meeting that discussed pumping more U.S. military aid into Colombia, and allowing it to be used against left-wing guerrillas, not just drug lords.

Block won less than 7% of the vote in the 2010 race, losing to current Gov. Lincoln Chafee , an independent.

Laffey is expected to announce his bid for Governor on the Amy Oliver Show on 1310 KFKA in Colorado later this morning.

The Rhode Island Senate is poised to vote on Gov. Lincoln Chafee's pick to head the state's economic development agency.

Rhode Island lawmakers are set to vote on a proposal to allow local education officials to formulate school security plans behind closed doors despite concerns from open government groups.

Gov. Lincoln Chafee is 1 of several guests expected to attend a homecoming party Sunday for Heather Abbott.

Saturday, May 4 From 'Social Butterfly' To Alleged Bomber's Wife Two weeks after Boston bombing susect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed and his brother, Dzhokhar, was found hiding in a dry-docked boat in a backyard in Watertown, Mass., Katherine Russell - Tamerlan's widow - and her young daughter remain at her parents' house on Coriander Lane in North ... (more)

Gov. Lincoln Chafee and state lawmakers on Friday will hold a memorial event to recognize the service of Robert Thorpe, a Cranston native whose P-47 was shot down in the Pacific.

Every Friday, Dan Lawlor breaks down who's rising and who's falling in the world of Rhode Island politics.

The American Civil Liberties Union and other open government groups are urging Gov.

Lincoln Chafee made history as he strode down the south steps of the State House on Thursday, May 2. Our Phoenix fact-checkers have yet to find another instance when the governor used a dance remix of Madonna's "Like a Prayer" as his entrance music.

Toray Plastics America, Inc. celebrated the launch of new coating equipment at a ribbon-cutting ceremony held on May 2 on the company's 70-acre campus in North Kingstown, RI, USA.