Rhode Island latest state poised to end vets’ homelessness
By MICHELLE R. SMITH For more than two years, Don Perrault lived without a home as the Vietnam veteran struggled with depression and personal setbacks that at one point left…
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Ex-Rhode Island speaker to plead guilty to federal charges
Former House Speaker Gordon Fox was charged and agreed to plead guilty to bribery, wire fraud and filing a false tax return following an investigation that included a dramatic federal…
RI GOV. LINCOLN CHAFEE WON’T RUN FOR 2ND TERM
By MICHELLE R. SMITH Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee speaks to media outside a department of motor vehicles office Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, in Cranston, R.I. Chafee said he is…
KAGAN: JUSTICES NOT TECH SAVVY, SEND PAPER MEMOS
By MICHELLE R. SMITH United States Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, speaks with Brown University historian Ted Widmer during a forum at Chase Theater in Providence, R.I., Tuesday, Aug. 20,…
MAYOR LEADS RI CAPITAL CITY OUT OF FINANCIAL PERIL
By ERIKA NIEDOWSKI FILE – In this Oct. 24, 2011 file photo, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, center, listens to Occupy Providence protesters as they rally in a city park in…