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RISC NEWSLETTER
April 7, 2011
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Budget construction is as notable for what it doesn’t address, as for what it does. The Governor’s proposal, though asking employees to increase their co-pay to 11.75 %, still does not address a possible conversion from a defined benefit plan to a defined contribution plan, for example (a structural change called for in several current audit studies and reports, which would over time bring savings to the pension system pegged at...
RISC Newsletter
April 7, 2011
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A major source of the confusion surrounding the severity of our existing problems and the path we need to take is a logical outcome of a fixture of our state’s culture: due diligence occurs rarely if at all.
During good times, when we had time to accurately and honestly assess our state’s strengths and weakness, our “leaders” were little more than cheerleaders who attacked anyone attempting to identify problems so that reme...
RISC NEWSLETTER
April 7, 2011
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Budget construction is as notable for what it doesn’t address, as for what it does. The Governor’s proposal, though asking employees to increase their co-pay to 11.75 %, still does not address a possible conversion from a defined benefit plan to a defined contribution plan, for example (a structural change called for in several current audit studies and reports, which would over time bring savings to the pension system pegged at...
A & J Bakery
April 4, 2011
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RISC-Newsletter
March 17, 2011
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After the email was sent, the union claims it requested “clarification” on the email from Gist, so that “if they so desired, professional RIDE staff could attend the rally free from fear of reprisal.” (What?! How long would a private sector worker last in their job if they insisted on marching outside with protest signs saying nasty things about their own boss and their company’s policies?!)
When Gist refused to “clarify” furt...
Black Box Theatre's Museum-opening March 25th
March 17, 2011
Black Box Theatre's Museum...
Opening March 25th
At a unique event that is part art opening and part play, audiences are invited to attend as museum goers and then sit back and watch as a cast of culture vultures swoop in and devour a modern art exhibit. A lively satire of modern art, Tina Howe's Museum features 42 colorful characters including museum goers, artists and museum staff as they respond to art and to one another. This site-specific piece will take place in the galle...
RISC Newsletter
March 16, 2011
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RISC AWARDED NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT EFFORTS
HONORED BY WASHINGTON, D.C.-BASED NEWSPAPER EDITORS GROUP FOR URGING VOTE REPORTING SYSTEM UPGRADES IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Rhode Island community Action Association Newsletter
March 16, 2011
Rhode Island Community Action Association Newsletter
Community Action Speaks Out
March, 2011
In this Issue
Legislative Conference
Making a Voice
Hot off the Press
Budget Cuts
Flood Season
Quick Links
Here's What's Happening...
From fighting budget cuts to advocating for crucial programs, RICAA has had y...
RISC-Statewide Coalition Newsletter
March 15, 2011
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RISC Bad Bill of the Week
Collective Bargaining Agreements could Overrule Town Charters under bill by Rep. Donald Lally
H-5701 proposes to put into statute that when conflicts arise between a collective bargaining agreement and a local town ordinance or charter, the collective bargaining agreement provisions prevail.
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T.J.Maxx to open store in Cranston, plans to hire 50 to 60 people
March 15, 2011
T.J.Maxx to open store in Cranston, plans to hire 50 to 60 people
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Enterprise Holdings/ Car Rental to donate $100,000 to Japan relief effort
March 15, 2011
In response to the 9.0-magnitude earthquake that devastated Japan last Friday, and the ensuing tsunami throughout the Pacific, the Enterprise Holdings Foundation will donate $100,000 to the American Red Cross to assist in the relief efforts.
Friday's earthquake was the strongest in recorded history to hit Japan and affected millions of people. The American Red Cross reports the damage caused by both the quake and tsunami has left 5 million households without electricity and 1 million without...
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March 10, 2011
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RISC Newsletter
March 10, 2011
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From the minute you turn up the heat in the house in the morning until late in the day when you pick up your malfunctioning car that just got repaired at the garage –it will cost you more. As you squeeze in a quick haircut, grab some cold medicine at the pharmacy for one of the kids, and pick up your dry cleaning on the way to the repair garage, it will cost you more at each and every transaction. Oh and when you grab you...
Rhode Island Housing Informational Meetings on Foreclosure Prevention
March 10, 2011
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RISC Newsletter
March 9, 2011
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CHAFEE BUDGET PROPOSAL: TOO MANY NEW TAXES AND TOO LITTLE PENSION CHANGE
Not a True “Share The Pain” Approach Between Taxpayers and Public Sector Workers
RISC says the budget proposal put forth by Governor Chafee Tuesday does not represent a true “share the pain” approach between taxpayers and public sector workers, and calls the proposed plan to create a whole array of new taxes on numerous everyday services and transac...
Real Estate & Mortgage Group Benefits Newsletter
March 9, 2011
Rhode Island Home Benefits
This Newsletter Is Compliments Of:Marc Leone, Benefits Director Phone: (401) 741-1979Email: info@rihomebenefits.comWeb: www.RIHomeBenefits.com
Thought of the month "Happiness is not in our circumstances but in ourselves. It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, like the heat of a fire. Happiness is something we are."~ John B. Sheerin
Your...
RISC Newsletter
March 8, 2011
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HAVE YOU MADE A CALL? THIS IS WHEN IT COUNTS!
WEDNESDAY is a day to watch your senator...
TOMORROW, the full state Senate will vote on Governor Chafee’s nominees to serve on the state Board of Regents. Call your state Senator and urge a vote AGAINST the nomination of George Caruolo for Chairman and vote AGAINST Carolina Bernal for Board member. Both Caruolo and Bernal have great conflicts in serving this important board...
Rhode Island Small Business Development Center - Receives National Accreditation
February 28, 2011
Rhode Island Small Business Development Center
Receives National Accreditation
Providence: The RI Small Business Development Center has received full accreditation by the Association of Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC). The accreditation helps the RISBDC secure continued funding through the U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA). It is also essential for the national SBDC program to be recognized as a high quality, critical resource for economic development.
“National accr...
HousingWorksRI newsletter
February 28, 2011
National study - Rhode Island implicationsA national study released yesterday by the Washington-based Center for Housing Policy shows Rhode Island as one of the most severely cost-burdened housing markets in the country. The report, titled Housing Landscape 2011, provides an in-depth look at housing affordability trends for working households between 2008 and 2009, focusing on the effects of employment, income and housing costs.In Rhode Island, the report shows that a d...
RISC Newsletter
February 28, 2011
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[Providence] Mayor Tavares is a man with few good options who inherited a disgracefully fiscally mismanaged city from his predecessor, and his swift dismissal notice action to the city’s nearly 2,000 teachers is just part of a wider defense he must mount if the city is to be kept out of bankruptcy.
The teachers and the union understand perfectly well the law guiding his hand which dictates that any potential job actio...
Kent Hospital to Host Health Care Career Open House
February 28, 2011
Kent Hospital to Host Health Care Career Open House
Warwick, RI…Do you have an interest in becoming part of the growing Health Care Industry? Come to Kent Hospital’s Health Care Career Open House on Thursday, March 24, 2011, from 4-7 p.m. in the Doctors’ Auditorium. All middle/high school students, parents, teachers and other interested individuals are encouraged to attend.
You will have the chance to speak and interact with professionals from: Nursing; Surgical Services; Cardiology; Re...
Launching A New Site-Specific Project, the Black Box Theatre Takes its Next Production Outside the Box...Literally
February 28, 2011
Launching a New Site-Specific Project,
the Black Box Theatre Takes Its Next Production Outside the Box… Literally
At an event that is part gallery opening and part play, spectators are invited to attend as museum goers and then sit back and watch as a cast of
culture vultures swoop in and devour a modern art exhibit.
Cranston, RI – Museums and galleries offer a venue for people to look at and contemplate art. Sometimes visitors are moved to laughter, or anger, or even tears, someti...
Restaurant & Bar Manager Position Open
February 28, 2011
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Kent Hospital Celebrates First Graduate of Emergency Medicine Residency Program
February 28, 2011
Kent Hospital Celebrates First Graduate of
Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Warwick, RI… Kent Hospital is pleased to recognize Dr. Austin Nguyen as the first graduate of the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Kent Hospital.
Sandra Coletta, Kent Hospital president and CEO said, “Congratulations to Dr. Nguyen on his success and career in medicine. His graduation from the Emergency Medicine Residency Program exemplifies the growth of the Graduate Medical Educa...
RISC Newsletter
February 27, 2011
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RISC'S ANNUAL WINTER MEETING DRAWS A CROWD TO HEAR STRAIGHT TALK, HOPE
The bleak details of Rhode Island’s budget problems, unemployment woes and voter apathy were spelled out by guest speaker Leonard Lardaro, a professor of economics at the University of Rhode Island. Saying that the state’s motto of “Hope” would be more accurate if it were changed to “anything’s negotiable,” Lardaro cited numerous statistics that p...
RISC Newsletter
February 26, 2011
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Rhode Island’s unfunded liability for state retiree pensions could be as high as $10 billion – double the current estimate of about $5 billion, General Treasurer Gina Raimondo warned Friday.
There are dozens of actuarial assumptions driving that final figure, and “before I can put forth any menu of solutions, I need to find out, is this a $5 billion problem? Is this a $10 billion problem?” Raimondo said during a tapin...
RISC Newsletter
February 26, 2011
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Rhode Island’s unfunded liability for state retiree pensions could be as high as $10 billion – double the current estimate of about $5 billion, General Treasurer Gina Raimondo warned Friday.
There are dozens of actuarial assumptions driving that final figure, and “before I can put forth any menu of solutions, I need to find out, is this a $5 billion problem? Is this a $10 billion problem?” Raimondo said during a tapin...
RISC Newsletter
February 25, 2011
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Why should you be at the RISC Winter Breakfast Meeting tomorrow morning? Here's why:
PAUL SOLMAN: The nation's smallest state, barely a million strong, has a $300 million deficit, mainly due to its pension system, in worse shape per taxpayer than California, Illinois, New Jersey and certainly Wisconsin.
[ STATE TREASURER] GINA RAIMONDO: Today, Rhode Island has a $5 billion unfunded liabiity, which is the highest unf...
SBA Announces Grant to RI Small Business Development Center to Support Job Creation
February 24, 2011
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SBA Announces Grant to Rhode Island Small Business Development Center to Support Job Creation
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Small businesses in Rhode Island will soon have greater access to critical resources to help them start or grow their businesses and create jobs, thanks to a
$325,000 grant to SBA’s Rhode Island Small Business Development Center at Johnson & Wales University.
The funding was provided under a key provision of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 sig...
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RISC Newsletter
February 24, 2011
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Somewhere in the midst of the past week’s protests, posturing, and pathetic Democratic legislator panic of Madison, Wisconsin, an underlying and disturbing recognition about the true cost of retirement for public employees began to settle in.
The Madison explosion that has now set off similar eruptions at statehouses in Indiana, New Jersey and Ohio, was not just triggered by anger.
Beyond the emerging battle over col...
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February 24, 2011
Invites you to a Business Opportunity Session (BOS)
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Thursday, March 3, 2011
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Please contact Kent Hibben at 202-586-8086 or email bos@hq.doe.gov to RSVP by February 28th.
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RISC Newsletter
February 24, 2011
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This [Wisconsin union protest] story has resonance across America because many states are dealing with rising and unsustainable costs of public-employee benefits. Many voters are upset that they are forced to pay for compensation that far outstrips their own, and that public employees use political muscle to escape sharing in sacrifices demanded of private-sector workers. The big difference between public-sector and pr...
RISC Newsletter
February 24, 2011
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This [Wisconsin union protest] story has resonance across America because many states are dealing with rising and unsustainable costs of public-employee benefits. Many voters are upset that they are forced to pay for compensation that far outstrips their own, and that public employees use political muscle to escape sharing in sacrifices demanded of private-sector workers. The big difference between public-sector and pr...
RISC Newsletter
February 24, 2011
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This [Wisconsin union protest] story has resonance across America because many states are dealing with rising and unsustainable costs of public-employee benefits. Many voters are upset that they are forced to pay for compensation that far outstrips their own, and that public employees use political muscle to escape sharing in sacrifices demanded of private-sector workers. The big difference between public-sector and pr...
RISC Newsletter
February 22, 2011
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As we approach the end of February, our organization will stage its annual Winter Meeting as we have done every winter since our formation in 2003. But all of us involved with RISC as individual taxpayers and business owner taxpayers can’t help but feel a moment of intense urgency surrounds this year’s annual gathering. Many of the distressing fiscal problems our organization saw forming on the horizon and warned about...
Walaska Calls for Legislators to Pay 15% of Health Premiums
February 21, 2011
Walaska calls for legislators to pay 15% of health premiums STATE HOUSE - It remains a personal choice for legislatorswhether they accept health insurance benefits during their time inoffice, whether they pay an amount of their choosing toward thebenefits, and whether they choose a lump-sum payment for declining ahealth coverage plan. Under legislation introduced by Sen. William A. Walaska(D-Dist. 30, Warwick), all legislators who accept the health plan wouldbe required to...
Walaska Calls for Legislators to Pay 15% of Health Premiums
February 21, 2011
Walaska calls for legislators to pay 15% of health premiums STATE HOUSE - It remains a personal choice for legislatorswhether they accept health insurance benefits during their time inoffice, whether they pay an amount of their choosing toward thebenefits, and whether they choose a lump-sum payment for declining ahealth coverage plan. Under legislation introduced by Sen. William A. Walaska(D-Dist. 30, Warwick), all legislators who accept the health plan wouldbe required to...
RISC Newsletter
February 21, 2011
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Reneging on pension and healthcare promises made to public union retirees is a tricky proposition, inviting breach of contract litigation that brings the third branch of government into the act. Many cities and municipalities will undoubtedly travel this road when they have nowhere to turn but bankruptcy court. But there is yet no bankruptcy process for state governments that would allow them to tear up unaffordable un...
Health Care Reform Bulletin
February 21, 2011
Healthcare Reform BulletinFebruary 14, 2011Rules On Health Exchanges/Revamp for Class Act ProgramState and federal leaders already concerned with some key elements of healthcare reform are requesting changes to the hotly debated state exchanges and also separately to the Class Act program, both yet to be enacted.Specifically, more than 20 governors have demanded that the new health exchanges, which are yet to be operational in most states, be improved to expand choice, access and security for co...
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February 21, 2011
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State of RI Elizabeth Roberts Office of Lt. Governor Newsletter
February 21, 2011
Marriage Equality for Rhode Island
Lt. Gov. Roberts addresses supporters at the State House rally for marriage equality on February 9, 2011, with (l-r) Ken Fish, Rep. John Edwards (D-Portsmouth, Tiverton) and Rep. Frank Ferri (D-Warwick). Photo credit: Jack Hartwein-Sanchez, JDHS Photos
Last Wednesday, I appeared before the House Judiciary Committee in support of Rep. Art Handy’s bill to legalize same-sex mar...
RISC - Newsletter
February 20, 2011
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The problem is that the more people learn about public sector unions, the less sympathy they get. This week’s publicity explosion is hurting the unions, not helping them. An online Milwaukee Journal Sentinel poll shows that 59 percent of Wisconsonites support Gov. Walker’s proposals, up from 57 percent just the day before.
It’s not just Wisconsin. A nationwide Clarus Group poll found that 64 percent of Americans don’t...
RISC Newsletter
February 19, 2011
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The math and reading scores of Warwick’s 11th graders have risen dramatically, and so too have expectations.
With test scores in the district up from previous years, teachers and administrators hope they will stay that way, although the state has now relaxed graduation requirements.
The percentage of Warwick 11th graders proficient in math increased from 20 to 31 percent and in reading from 69 to 83 percent.
The...
RISC Newsletter
February 18, 2011
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An ordinance calling for a dramatic restructuring of the town’s police and fire pension programs — described by Mayor Joseph M. Polisena as the most important town ordinance in decades — won passage Thursday night on a unanimous vote by the Town Council.
The ordinance creates a new pension system for employees of the Police and Fire departments and establishes a seven-person Retirement Board to oversee the system und...
RISC Newsletter
February 17, 2011
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A new “non-story” story is in the spotlight this week and it involves a moment of pointed sarcasm, an audience of business leaders, an attention seeking and media savvy spokesman for various ethnic communities, and the misguided agenda of the state’s elected officials.The Republican leader of the House, Representative Robert Watson, is under fire for telling an appreciative audience of business leaders last week that t...
RISC Newsletter
February 16, 2011
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Sen. Daniel DaPonte, D-East Providence, chairman of the Senate Municipal Pension Study Commission: “The numbers are alarming”
PROVIDENCE — Retirement benefits are the fastest-growing expense facing Rhode Island’s cities and towns, and the problem will get worse unless the municipalities are forced to invest more in their employee-retirement funds and rework some of the benefits they have promised, a new state Senate r...
RISC Newsletter
February 16, 2011
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Sen. Daniel DaPonte, D-East Providence, chairman of the Senate Municipal Pension Study Commission: “The numbers are alarming”
PROVIDENCE — Retirement benefits are the fastest-growing expense facing Rhode Island’s cities and towns, and the problem will get worse unless the municipalities are forced to invest more in their employee-retirement funds and rework some of the benefits they have promised, a new state Senate r...
RISC Newsletter
February 15, 2011
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RISC Bill of the Week
Bill on New Vote Posting System Considered by Rules Committee is Bill to Watch
RISC Testifies to Rules Committee Hearing 2/15
Legislation that will govern the new system for recording and posting votes taken in the General Assembly is being highlighted as the RISC Bill of the Week to watch.
H-5316 is the subject of a hearing Tuesday, February 15th before the House Committee on Rules. RISC Exec...
RISC Newsletter
February 14, 2011
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Two-page 'teacher contract' at charter school
Mayor McKee of Cumberland is a firm believer that “when great teachers and administrators can take a blank sheet of paper and create a great public school, only good things can happen.”
A revealing example of the profound difference between the management of a typical public school and this type of charter may best be exemplified by the governing contract that exists be...
SBANE Supports RI House Bill H5184
February 14, 2011
SBANE SUPPORTS RI HOUSE BILL H 5184
February 14, 2011
After careful deliberation by its RI Government Affairs Committee, the Smaller Business Association of New England (SBANE) has decided to lend its support to RI House Bill
H 5184, “An Act Relating to Labor and Labor Relations – Payment of Wages”. This bill is better known as the “Bi-Weekly Pay” bill, and will enable employers to pay employees either weekly, bi-weekly or semi-monthly.
The bill has been introduced...
RISC Newsletter
February 13, 2011
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Caruolo's Glaring Conflict
Governor Chafee has nominated former Rhode Island House Majority Leader George Caruolo to be chairman of the state Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education. But, it turns out, Mr. Caruolo has been working as a $5,000-a-month lobbyist for Twin River, the slots casino whose owners want to expand it into table games, too (which is fine with us).
This is a serious conflict of i...
RISC Newsletter
February 11, 2011
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Representative Larry Ehrhardt (R-North Kingstown) said this week he will submit legislation that would bar anyone who is serving as a registered lobbyist from also holding a state Board position which requires advise and consent from the state Senate. RISC also finds it troubling to learn that [Governor Chafee’s nominee for Board Chairman, George] Caruolo’s lobbying post was revealed to Governor Chafee, yet he saw no p...
RISC Newsletter
February 11, 2011
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Representative Larry Ehrhardt (R-North Kingstown) said this week he will submit legislation that would bar anyone who is serving as a registered lobbyist from also holding a state Board position which requires advise and consent from the state Senate. RISC also finds it troubling to learn that [Governor Chafee’s nominee for Board Chairman, George] Caruolo’s lobbying post was revealed to Governor Chafee, yet he saw no p...
RISC Newsletter
February 10, 2011
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I guess it’s fitting that a public conversation about gambling in the state has consumed some attention this week. As the new Administration and other state leaders frantically search for some kind of solution to our mounting debt and unemployment problems, risky game playing seems an adequate analogy.
Rhode Island now finds itself caught in a vicious circle of debt, swirling between not one but two major insolvent...
Kent Hospital Holds Ground Breaking for New Ambulatory Surgery and Medical Office Building
February 8, 2011
Kent Hospital Holds Ground Breaking for New Ambulatory Surgery and Medical Office Building
Warwick, RI…Kent Hospital today held a ceremonial ground breaking for its new 60,000 square foot, Ambulatory Surgery and Medical Office Building. Kent president and CEO Sandra Coletta was joined by local and state officials for the event that will mark a construction project estimated to last just under two years.
“This is an exciting day for Kent Hospital and our community,” said Coletta. “Toda...
RISC Newsletter
February 8, 2011
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RISC's BAD BILL of the WEEK
Legislation which would hold back state aid to struggling local communities whichfail to make annual required contributions to their local public employee pensionfunds is being cited as the RISC Bad Bill of the Week.
The legislation, introduced last week by Bristol Representative Ray Gallison,would not affect state aid to education but much state aid to communities forother local governmen...
Newsletter from Sheldon Whitehouse - Privatizing Social Security
February 8, 2011
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Recently House Republicans, including Majority Leader Eric Cantor, spoke to the press about their goals for 2011.
On their agenda? Privatizing Social Security.
I will fight them to protect Social Security. That’s why I helped form the Senate’s Defend Social Security Caucus. And I hope you’ll join me in the fight by signing this petition.
Social Security is a solemn promis...
Webster Employees Raise 1.16 Millioin Dollars for the United Way
February 7, 2011
Webster employees raise $1.16 million for the United Way
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — February 4, 2011 — Webster Bank announced today that it raised $1.16 million through its recently completed 2010 Employee Community Campaign for the United Way.
The money will go to more than 40 United Way chapters and more than 100 United Way partner agencies across Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Westchester County, N.Y.
The theme of Webster’s 2010 Employee Community Campaign for the United...
Housing Works RI February Newsletter
February 7, 2011
Building Homes Rhode Island spotlight: Blackstone Valley Gateways in PawtucketBuilding Homes Rhode Island dollars are helping to stabilize communities from the effects of foreclosures by assisting in the purchase and rehabilitation of foreclosed properties in the Ocean State. One such success story is Blackstone Valley Gateways in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.When fully complete, Phase 1 of Blackstone Valley Gateways will include 33 affordable rental apartments. These hom...
RISC Newsletter
February 7, 2011
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Editor’s Note: RISC-y Business New Features
RISC-y Business is launching a new series of features and commentaries which we hope you will find informative, provocative and useful to your wider understanding of the struggle our state and local communities are facing right now. We know that a battle is underway for all local governments in striking a balance between meeting their budget obligations, maintaining school...
RISC Newsletter
February 6, 2011
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Rep. Brian Newberry, R-North Smithfield, has pledged to try again this year to require any lawmaker elected after this two-year session to pay 20 percent of insurance costs.
“To me, it’s not about the cost so much, because the actual cost-savings in the grand scheme of the state budget are not that much. It’s symbolic. We can’t sit there and talk to people and urge towns and cities to negotiate with the public sector...
RISC Newsletter
February 5, 2011
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Governor Chafee undoubtedly owed the teachers unions for their support in his election. But it is sad that he has purged the Rhode Island Board of Regents of people dedicated to reforming K-12 public education and put in their place some who seem in public-employee unions’ pockets or linked to Rhode Island’s failed past. Pandering to special interests will do students no good, particularly minorities stuck in poorly per...
Garden City Introduces a new store!
February 2, 2011
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Kent Hospital to hold ceremonial Ground Breaking For New Ambulatory Surgery and Medical Office Building
February 2, 2011
Kent Hospital to Hold Ceremonial Ground Breaking For New Ambulatory Surgery and Medical Office Building, 455 Toll Gate Rd., Warwick, RI
Tuesday, February 8, 10 a.m., Main Entrance, (rear of hospital)
Warwick, RI…Kent Hospital will hold a ceremonial ground breaking on Tuesday, February 8 at 10 a.m. at the main entrance, to mark the beginning of construction of the new ambulatory surgery and medical office building.
Kent president and CEO Sandra Coletta will be joined by Gove...
RISC - Rhode Island Statewide Coalition Newsletter
February 2, 2011
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RRISC URGES NEW BOARD OF REGENTS APPOINTEES NOT TO JEOPARDIZE GIST REFORMS AND RACE to the TOP AWARD
THANKS FLANDERS FOR BOARD LEADERSHIP
The Rhode Island Statewide Coalition, (RISC) is urging new appointees namedby Governor Chafee to the state Board of Regents to recognize the gains madeby Commissioner Deborah Gist and not derail her efforts. RISC also urges newlyappointed Board Chairman, former Rep. George Caruolo t...
One Act Play Festival / Call for Entries
February 1, 2011
One Act Play Festival | Call for EntriesSubmissions of one act plays of all genres are currently being accepted for the 5th annual Black Box Theatre One Act Play Festival. For consideration, please send submissions to Rich Morra at 50 Rolfe Square Cranston, RI 02910 or rich.morra@artists-exchange.org (include name and title of play in subject line of email). Be sure to include a cover page with your name and contact information (phone and email). All entrants will be notified of acceptance or re...
One Act Play Festival / Call for Entries
February 1, 2011
One Act Play Festival | Call for EntriesSubmissions of one act plays of all genres are currently being accepted for the 5th annual Black Box Theatre One Act Play Festival. For consideration, please send submissions to Rich Morra at 50 Rolfe Square Cranston, RI 02910 or rich.morra@artists-exchange.org (include name and title of play in subject line of email). Be sure to include a cover page with your name and contact information (phone and email). All entrants will be notified of acceptance or re...
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February 1, 2011
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- RISC Bad BILL of the Week Returns -
RISC Cites Bill to Use Stimulus Funds for State Personnel instead of Unemployment Benefits
The Rhode Island Statewide Coalition (RISC) has brought back its Bad Bill of theWeek news release series starting today with a look at recently passed legislationconcerning federal money for the state’s insolvent unemployment benefitsfund. The problem with the bill, which the House passed o...
RISC Newsletter
January 31, 2011
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For nearly two years, Rhode Island has been taking out hundreds of millions of dollars in interest-free loans from the federal government to prop up its depleted unemployment trust fund.
Interest on those loans is coming due this year, as a two-year interest-free borrowing period expired on Dec. 31, despite pleas from states and members of Congress to extend the deadline.
According to estimates from the state Depart...
RISC Newsletter
January 30, 2011
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In the late 1960s, Rhode Island's public employees got the right to collective bargaining. It was all downhill from there.
Welcome to Central Falls. Motto: "The City with a Bright Future." Population: 19,000. Median household income: $22,000. Elevation: more than $80 million under water.
Visitors to this tiny town on the banks of the Blackstone River would never guess that it was once a prospering manufacturing hub....
RISC Newsletter
January 29, 2011
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New General Treasurer Gina Raimondo has inherited what she is calling a very serious problem: the Rhode Island pension fund paid out $331 million more in benefits last year than it took in, and she says that gap is increasing.
The news is not all bad.
With investment returns of better than 12 percent last year, the state has started to recover billions of dollars of losses in its retirement fund for public employees...
Think outside the box - Lighthouse Newsletter
January 25, 2011
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RISC - Rhode Island Statewide Coalition Newsletter
January 25, 2011
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Less than a month into the Chafee administration it is unclear whether he will join his colleagues in what has become the politics created by the Great Recession. Across the country, governors like Democrats Andrew Cuomo of New York and Jerry Brown of California are advocating policies very similar to their Republican colleagues most prominently exemplified by New Jersey’s Chris Christie.
This new “Politics of Frugalit...
Have a Heart for Spurwink
January 25, 2011
“Have a Heart for Spurwink”
spurwink|ri is proud to announce the upcoming gala event, “Have a Heart for Spurwink” hosted by Mario Hilario, of NBC 10.
The Honorable T. Joseph Almond, Town Administrator of Lincoln, and Mrs. Alison Almond are spurwink|ri's Honorary Chairpersons for the 12th annual “Have a Heart for Spurwink” gala. The event will be held on Saturday, February 5, 2011, at 6:30 PM at Dance Theatre of Rhode Island on Angell Road in Cumberland, Rhode Island. This elega...
Webster Bank Appoints New Branch Managers in Cranston & Coventry
January 25, 2011
Webster Appoints New Branch Managers in Cranston and Coventry
Webster Bank announces the appointment of Linda Jose to branch manager of the 1155 Pontiac Avenue, Cranston branch and Deborah Byrne to branch manager at Coventry Crossing, 2300 New London Turnpike on the Coventry/East Greenwich line.
Jose joins Webster from Citizen’s Bank, where she had held the position Garden City branch manager since 2003. She is a board member of the Cranston Chamber of Commerce and the Southern New...
CCAP - Comprehensive Community Action Program Newsletter
January 25, 2011
It's Tax Time Again!Let us put some money in your pocket!
Comprehensive Community Action Program (CCAP) is again sponsoring the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) program so that more eligible people receive tax refunds and bring more dollars to families and into our community.
This is a FREE service. Our trained staff and volunteers can prepare your state and federal income tax returns, file them electronically and get your refund at no cost to you.
The Earned Income Tax Cre...
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January 25, 2011
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Prime Time Senior Living Expo - Call for Vendors
January 25, 2011
PrimeTime Senior Living Expo
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Warwick Mall
An Invitation to Exhibit-
You are invited to exhibit at the PrimeTime Senior Living Expo on May 11, 2011 The hours of the event are from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. This one-day event will focus on the lifestyles and health of adults over the age of 60.
Hundreds of Older Adults are Waiting to Meet You-
The Warwick Mall’s PrimeTime Senior Living Expo gives your company an opportunity to market its pr...
State of RI Office of the Lt. Governor Elizabeth Roberts Newsletter
January 25, 2011
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Dr.Barbara Roberts, Cardiologist, Author, to Speak Feb. 4, 2011
January 25, 2011
Join Kent Hospital For Step Out In Red Cocktail Party
Dr. Barbara Roberts, Cardiologist, Author, to Speak
February 4, Twenty Water Street, East Greenwich, 5:30 p.m.
Kent Hospital is pleased to announce its celebration of the American Heart Association’s National Wear Red Day on February 4 with a special “Step Out In Red” Cocktail Party. The event will take place at Twenty Water Street in East Greenwich from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. All proceeds will benefit the American Heart Association.
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Kent Hospital to Recognize First 50 Year Employee
January 24, 2011
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January 24, 2011
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Sports Medicine Monday by Lighthouse Chiropractic Care
January 24, 2011
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January 23, 2011
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January 18, 2011
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Inside yoru Business Mind: Featuring Ted Almon
January 18, 2011
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January 17, 2011
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Secretary of State Ralph Mollis Newsletter
January 14, 2011
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January 14, 2011
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Rhode Island SBA Matchmaker Fair
January 13, 2011
Center for Women & Enterprise
January 13, 2011
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January 13, 2011
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With a stoke of his pen, Lincoln Chafee's second act as governor was to rescind the executive order of Gov. Donald Carcieri on illegal immigration. There was not one single case of misuse of the order since it went into effect in March 2008. Despite an initial prediction of gloom and doom by some leaders back then, the fact is that no Doomsday arrived. In fact, the conversation died down until Mr. Chafee resurrected the...
SBA-BACKED LOANS TO RHODE ISLAND SMALL BUSINESSES JUMP 139 PERCENT IN THREE MONTHS
January 11, 2011
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Atwood Wine & Spirits
January 10, 2011
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Excelsior Chardonnay 2008
$8.99
This wine is fresh but creamy with layers of orange blossom, toast and citrus, this Chardonnay offers a vibrant, multifaceted character at a very reasonable price. Minerality lifts the fruit and gives the white a food pairing advantage.
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RISC - Rhode Island Statewide Coalition Newsletter
January 7, 2011
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It took way too long, but Rhode Island House Speaker Gordon Fox and Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed now say they will post legislative votes on line in “real time” — instantaneously. Rhode Island was one of the last states not to provide such transparency.
That lack of transparency was a festering wound, becoming one of the key issues in a secretary of state’s race that very nearly toppled incumbent Ralph Mollis. Th...
The Surgical Weight Loss Program at Kent to Hold Informational Sessions
January 6, 2011
The Surgical Weight Loss Program at Kent to Hold Information Sessions
Educational meetings planned for Kent Hospital and Greenville Public Library in Smithfield
Warwick, RI...If you are interested in learning more about the Surgical Weight Loss Program at Kent Hospital, a series of upcoming informational sessions are planned January through April. Sessions will be held at Kent Hospital and at the Greenville Public Library in Smithfield.
Members of the Kent Hospital surgical team w...
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January 6, 2011
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Keith W. Stokes continues to work as the executive director of the state Economic Development Corporation, while Governor Chafee’s spokesman said one day into the new administration that it’s too early to say who will lead the agency.
Since Chafee’s November victory, Stokes has consistently said no one in the governor’s office has addressed whether Stokes will remain at the helm. During his campaign, Chafee sharply cri...
The Education of a Bank President
January 6, 2011
The Education of a Bank President
The Westerly Sun, December 26, 2010
Susannah H. Snowden/SunPhotos Joe MarcAurele, chairman, president and CEO of The Washington Trust Company.
By ROSANNE SMYLE / Special to The Sun | 3 comments
Joe MarcAurele admits he failed the people early in his career. He tried. He gave it all he could. Really. But the Pawtucket boy, who grew up to lead the nation's oldest community bank, just could not deliver ... newspapers, that is.
He'd mess up who subscrib...
RISC - Rhode Island Statewide Coalition Newsletter
January 6, 2011
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State lawmakers vote on hundreds of bills each year, making decisions that can affect people’s taxes, their driving habits, their livelihoods.
Short of coming to the State House, there has been no easy way for people to see how individual lawmakers voted on a particular bill.
The Assembly does post online journals, showing daily summaries of actions taken in the House and Senate, but the postings sometimes appear day...
The Washington Trust Company Promotions
January 6, 2011
David V. Devault, of Westerly, R.I., has been promoted to Senior Executive Vice President, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation and its banking subsidiary, The Washington Trust Company. Devault is responsible for managing the critical functions of financial planning, accounting, internal and external financial reporting, and governance matters. Additionally, he meets regularly with shareholders, investors and analysts in support of the corporation’s investor relations efforts...
RISC - Rhode Island Statewide Coalition Newsletter
January 5, 2011
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[Governor Chafee's inaugural] speech’s emphasis on improving the tone implies Rhode Islanders are hurting each other somehow in their disagreements over illegal immigrants, labor contracts and other policy items. Well our new Governor is right about that.
Rhode Islanders are hurting. But it’s not their feelings that are getting hurt. It’s their wallets Governor Chafee! It’s their vanishing savings accounts which hurts...
RISC - Rhode Island Statewide Coalition Newsletter
January 3, 2011
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“The mantra is that the problem is the unions, the unions, the unions.”
Across the nation, a rising irritation with public employee unions is palpable, as a wounded economy has blown gaping holes in state, city and town budgets, and revealed that some public pension funds dangle perilously close to bankruptcy. In California, New York, Michigan and New Jersey, states where public unions wield much power and the culture...
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January 3, 2011
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January 3, 2011
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The Artist's Exchange Happy New Year Message and Calendar of Events
January 3, 2011
Dear Friends of Artists' Exchange, This year, ensure that the message of "Happy New Year" rings true with you...
Make space for art in your life. Or if it's already there, keep it!Learn to stretch a canvas. Fill your hands with clay and squish it and shape it and make it into something, or throw it on the wheel, and learn how centrifugal force can be a friend to your creative urges. Write a musical. Tell a story. Tell your story.Classes in ART and THEATER begin January 10th.See listin...
RISC - Rhode ISland Statewide Coaltion Newsletter
January 3, 2011
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In the end, Rhode Island’s feverish efforts to woo the America’s Cup back to the place many in Rhode Island and the sailing world believe is the trophy’s true home failed on the last night of the year.
The Providence Journal, Golden Gate beats back Newport's challenge, January 1, 2011
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Golden Gate beats back Newport's challenge
Chafee to enter governor's office with a roster of 25 on h...
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January 3, 2011
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In the end, Rhode Island’s feverish efforts to woo the America’s Cup back to the place many in Rhode Island and the sailing world believe is the trophy’s true home failed on the last night of the year.
The Providence Journal, Golden Gate beats back Newport's challenge, January 1, 2011
Today's News!
Golden Gate beats back Newport's challenge
Chafee to enter governor's office with a roster of 25 on h...
RISC - Rhode ISland Statewide Coalition Newsletter
January 3, 2011
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The legislative and union stranglehold on Rhode Island employers and producing citizens is astonishing to any objective observer. This is primarily by way of taxes, corruption and regulations.
...My three steps for Rhode Island are:
•“E Verify” to be used for everyone who is on any payroll, either private or public sector, as well as anyone on public assistance.
•Make Rhode Island a “right to work state,” thereby el...
Cranston Senior Services Newsletter and Monthly Calendar
January 3, 2011
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Rooted in the Community
January / February 2011
Our Mission
Cranston Senior Services, in its capacity as a community based resource and human services agency, provides coordinated, creative and comprehensive services which educate, nourish, assist, entertain and enrich the lives of indivduals 55 years of age and older.
CHRONIC DI...
RISC - Rhode ISland Statewide Coalition Newsletter
January 2, 2011
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The legislative and union stranglehold on Rhode Island employers and producing citizens is astonishing to any objective observer. This is primarily by way of taxes, corruption and regulations.
...My three steps for Rhode Island are:
•“E Verify” to be used for everyone who is on any payroll, either private or public sector, as well as anyone on public assistance.
•Make Rhode Island a “right to work state,” thereby el...
RISC - Rhode Island Statewide Coalition Newsletter
January 1, 2011
WE WORKED HARD TO GET THIS FOR YOU! HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM RISC!
FLOOR VOTES OF HOUSE AND SENATE WILL BE POSTED ONLINE BEGINNING JANUARY 4TH
"The floor votes of the House and Senate will begin appearing on the General Assembly website on January 4, 2011, the first day of session. The floor votes taken in both chambers on a daily basis will appear under the “Legislation” section in a category called “Floor Votes” that will be available beginning Jan. 4.
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