http://www.mail.com/people/3024-lincoln-chafee.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/3024-lincoln-chafee.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2070776-same-sex-couples-welcome-del-gay-marriage-law.html DOVER, Del. (AP) — Mikki Snyder-Hall married her partner, Claire, in California in 2008, and moved two years ago to Rehoboth, a gay-friendly Delaware beach town. Now they're looking forward to July 1, when Delaware officially becomes the 11th state in the nation to allow same-sex marriage after Gov. Jack Markell signed a gay marriage bill into law Tuesday... Wed, 08 May 2013 08:59:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2070776-same-sex-couples-welcome-del-gay-marriage-law.html 2013-05-08T08:59:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2069732-delaware-11th-with-gay-marriage.html DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware became the 11th state in the nation to allow same-sex marriage when Democratic Gov. Jack Markell signed a gay marriage bill into law just minutes after its passage by the state Senate on Tuesday. "I do not intend to make any of you wait one moment longer," a smiling Markell told about 200 jubilant supporters who erupted in chee... Wed, 08 May 2013 00:27:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2069732-delaware-11th-with-gay-marriage.html 2013-05-08T00:27:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2060214-ri-10th-to-allow-gay-marriage.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island has become the nation's 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed, after a 16-year effort to extend marriage rights in this heavily Roman Catholic state. Gays, lesbians, their friends and families erupted into cheers Thursday following a final 56-15 vote in the Rhode Island House, and then again an hour later ... Fri, 03 May 2013 10:57:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2060214-ri-10th-to-allow-gay-marriage.html 2013-05-03T10:57:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2059588-rhode-island-10th-with-gay-marriage.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island on Thursday became the nation's 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed, as a 16-year effort to extend marriage rights in this heavily Roman Catholic state ended with the triumphant cheers of hundreds of gays, lesbians, their families and friends. Gov. Lincoln Chafee signed the bill into law on the Statehous... Fri, 03 May 2013 00:15:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2059588-rhode-island-10th-with-gay-marriage.html 2013-05-03T00:15:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2043480-coordinated-strategy-propelled-gay-marriage-ri.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Phone banks, an army of volunteers and alliances with organized labor, business leaders and religious clergy propelled gay marriage to victory in Rhode Island this week, a savvy and coordinated strategy that relied on growing public support and old-fashioned bare-knuckle politics. Gay marriage legislation had failed every year in R... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:38:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2043480-coordinated-strategy-propelled-gay-marriage-ri.html 2013-04-25T20:38:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2040904-ri-way-to-10th-to-allow-gay-marriage.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island is on a path to becoming the 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry after a landmark vote in the state's Senate on Wednesday. The Senate passed gay marriage legislation by a comfortable 26-12 margin, following a House vote of approval in January. The bill must now return to the House for a largely procedu... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:42:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2040904-ri-way-to-10th-to-allow-gay-marriage.html 2013-04-24T23:42:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2038364-ri-senate-to-vote-gay-marriage.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Senate is poised to hold a landmark vote Wednesday on gay marriage legislation, the culmination of years of efforts by supporters who want to see the state join the rest of New England in allowing gays and lesbians to wed. Advocates are optimistic the bill will pass when the Senate takes it up Wednesday afternoon. ... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:00:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2038364-ri-senate-to-vote-gay-marriage.html 2013-04-23T22:00:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1941248-independent-ri-governor-considers-joining-dems.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The most well-worn political parlor game in Rhode Island these days surrounds Republican-turned-independent Gov. Lincoln Chafee and whether he intends to switch to the Democratic Party before next year's election. National Democrats gave Chafee a speaking slot at the Democratic National Convention in the fall, the state's all-Democ... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:58:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1941248-independent-ri-governor-considers-joining-dems.html 2013-03-08T17:58:27Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1879424-england-big-dig-out-epic-snow.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — New Englanders began the back-breaking job of digging out from as much as 3 feet of snow Saturday and emergency crews used snowmobiles to reach shivering motorists stranded overnight on New York's Long Island after a howling storm swept through the Northeast. About 475,000 homes and businesses remained without power late Saturday n... Sun, 10 Feb 2013 02:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1879424-england-big-dig-out-epic-snow.html 2013-02-10T02:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1878282-snowstorm-hits-nyc-boston-1-to-3-feet-feared.html BOSTON (AP) — A storm that forecasters warned could be a blizzard for the history books, with a potential for up to 3 feet of snow, clobbered the New York-to-Boston corridor on Friday, grounding flights, sending office workers home early and knocking out power to half a million customers across the Northeast. By Friday night, more than 18.5 inches of snow... Sat, 09 Feb 2013 04:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1878282-snowstorm-hits-nyc-boston-1-to-3-feet-feared.html 2013-02-09T04:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1845094-religious-exemptions-key-to-ri-gay-marriage-debate.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The fate of gay marriage legislation in Rhode Island could hinge on the exemptions it affords religious groups that oppose it, the state Senate president said Friday, a day after the House overwhelmingly passed the bill. Teresa Paiva Weed said she remains opposed to the bill and has heard that the sticking point for many senators i... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1845094-religious-exemptions-key-to-ri-gay-marriage-debate.html 2013-01-25T17:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1842314-rhode-island-house-easily-passes-gay-marriage-bill.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly passed legislation to allow gays and lesbians to marry in the only New England state where they can't. The House voted 51-19 after an often emotional debate that touched on civil rights, religion and the nature of marriage. The bill now moves to the Senate, where ... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1842314-rhode-island-house-easily-passes-gay-marriage-bill.html 2013-01-24T22:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1833406-olympic-medalist-michelle-kwan-marries-ri.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Olympic medalist figure skater Michelle Kwan and a grandson of the late U.S. Sen. Claiborne Pell have married in Rhode Island. The Providence Journal reports (http://bit.ly/VCCver ) Kwan and Coast Guard Lt. Clay Pell married at the First Unitarian Church in Providence. About 250 guests attended, including Gov. Lincoln Chafee (CHAY'... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1833406-olympic-medalist-michelle-kwan-marries-ri.html 2013-01-20T21:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1821256-smallest-big-battleground-gay-marriage.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Hundreds of supporters of same-sex marriage rights assembled at the Rhode Island Statehouse on Tuesday, urging lawmakers to make the nation's smallest state the 10th to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed — and the last to do so in New England. House Speaker Gordon Fox, who is gay, has called for a vote on same-sex marriage legisl... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 01:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1821256-smallest-big-battleground-gay-marriage.html 2013-01-16T01:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1796400-cities-chart-course-through-pension-morass.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — In Philadelphia, pension costs doubled in a single decade. Cities in Rhode Island dimmed streetlights, raised taxes and put off road repairs. Stockton, Calif., fell into bankruptcy. Unpaid bills from decades of retirement promises made to public workers, combined with a lackluster economy and steep Wall Street losses, have built up... Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1796400-cities-chart-course-through-pension-morass.html 2013-01-02T21:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1782618-conn-shooting-victims-remembered-worldwide.html People around the country and world paused for a moment Friday morning to memorialize the 26 victims of the massacre a week ago at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. A sampling of observances: ALABAMA State officials gathered in the Capitol in Montgomery for a remembrance, and Gov. Robert Bentley asked residents to observe a moment of silence. COLORAD... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1782618-conn-shooting-victims-remembered-worldwide.html 2012-12-21T20:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1750278-ri-court-hears-arguments-pension-case.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — With billions of dollars and the retirement security of public workers at stake, the legal dispute over Rhode Island's sweeping overhaul of its public pension system heated up Friday as the state asked a judge to dismiss the challenges filed by public-sector unions and retirees. Attorney John Tarantino, the state's lead attorney, t... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 18:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1750278-ri-court-hears-arguments-pension-case.html 2012-12-07T18:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1749698-ri-to-seek-dismissal-challenge-to-pension-law.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The high-stakes legal dispute over Rhode Island's public retirement overhaul faces a key court date Friday when attorneys for the state will ask a judge to dismiss a challenge from public-sector unions unhappy with the sweeping pension changes. The unions argue the state is reneging on promised benefits and that lawmakers should ha... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1749698-ri-to-seek-dismissal-challenge-to-pension-law.html 2012-12-06T22:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1743730-unions-ri-governors-call-pension-talks.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Public-sector unions on Tuesday hailed Gov. Lincoln Chafee's call for negotiations to settle a closely watched lawsuit over Rhode Island's landmark pension overhaul, but its main architect, the state treasurer, insists the dispute should be left to the courts. J. Michael Downey, president of Rhode Island Council 94, said there's st... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1743730-unions-ri-governors-call-pension-talks.html 2012-12-05T01:59:00Z