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Rhode Island Becomes 10th Marriage Equality State

April 24, 2013 By Laurel

Love has made New England complete!  Today the Rhode Island Senate passed the marriage equality bill (S 38 sub A), making Rhode Island the 10th state nationally and the last in New England to allow all couples the freedom to marry. The … [Read more...]

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Schilling update: 38 Studios lays off all employees

May 24, 2012 By John Tehan

Things went from bad to worse for employees of Curt Schilling's 38 Studios today - after the company failed to make payroll earlier this month, they were all issued pink slips today. From WPRI: PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - 38 Studios laid off … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 38 Studios, Curt Schilling, Rhode Isalnd Economic Devlopment Council, rhode-island

Marriage Equality in Rhode Island

September 12, 2009 By southendprogressive

Sorry if this has already been discussed, but I couldn't find any mention of this using the search tool.   Marriage Equality Rhode Island and MassEquality are teaming up for a fundraiser this evening in Newport, RI, and I just wanted … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: equality, gay, rhode-island, same-sex-marriage

Tim Cahill on Slots: The Gift That Keeps on Giving

June 24, 2009 By bmass

In my comment on the listserv, I said that despite the financial collapse, the supporters of predatory gambling in Massachusetts would probably argue that the bankruptcy of slots actually strengthens the need for slots in Massachusetts. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bankruptcy, cahill, iran, racinos, rhode-island, slots

Department of Bad Timing (Rhode Island Division)

June 16, 2009 By bmass

And third, we should remember that the investor behind this disaster, Sol Kerzner, is the same "tycoon" who built Sun City, a huge casino complex in South Africa, with the eager support and backing of the apartheid government back in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: apartheid, casinos, gambling, kerzner, massachusetts, rhode-island, sun-city, tracks

Those Loose-Lipped Clergy

April 4, 2008 By massmarrier

Tune into the ongoing debates over same-sex marriage and you'll hear the same concepts. Both in civil-union states kicking the SSM can around and in others with no accommodation for homosexual couples, you see the same effect. Legislators … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: folklore, massachusetts, massmarrier, rev.-richard-h.-taylor, rhode-island, same-sex-marriage, virginia

URGENT Action Needed! Migrant Died in Federal Custody

August 9, 2007 By kyledeb

Cross posted at Immigration Orange(Picture from the Boston Globe)A Brazilian national, Edmar Alvez Araujo, died in federal custody after he couldn't get access to mediction for his epilepsy.  According the Boston Globe, Araujo was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: associated-press, boston-globe, detention, detention-deaths, edmar-alvez-araujo, ice, immigrant-detention, immigration-and-customs-enforcement-agency, los-angeles-times, massachusetts, metrowest-daily, migrant-detention, new-york-times, news, rhode-island

RI Dems introduce DOMA bill

March 16, 2007 By Laurel

Something is seriously wrong with RI Dems.  Five Dem Representatives, William San Bento (N. Prov/Pawtucket), Arthur Corvese (N. Prov), Peter Palumbo (Cranston), Jon Brien (Woonsocket), and Helio Melo (E. Prov) introduced HB 6159 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: doma, law-and-lawyers, marriage, rhode-island

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