http://www.mail.com/people/808506-angel-taveras.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/808506-angel-taveras.html 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/1950380-ri-city-wins-5m-bloomberg-prize-with-word-gap.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's capital city has won a $5 million contest created by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg with a high-tech plan to overcome a language skills problem known as the word gap that puts low-income children at a profound disadvantage in the classroom. Providence was one of 305 cities that pitched an idea to Bloomberg Philanth... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 02:35:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1950380-ri-city-wins-5m-bloomberg-prize-with-word-gap.html 2013-03-13T02:35:35Z 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/news/politics/1807450-officials-talk-guns-hold-buybacks-shootings.html The national gun debate swelled Tuesday as Arizona and the country commemorated the shooting rampage in Tucson, Ariz., two years ago that killed six people and left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords injured — an anniversary that came on the heels of the mass killing at a Connecticut elementary school. Here's how some state and local leaders are taking action: __ AR... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 05:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1807450-officials-talk-guns-hold-buybacks-shootings.html 2013-01-09T05:21:00Z 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/1779684-smallest-big-universe-pride.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The city of Cranston is known — sort of — for being the one-time home of the Narragansett Brewing Company, and it scored a mention in the Jim Carrey flick "Dumb and Dumber." But the city has suddenly found itself at the center of the universe. The nation's smallest state has gone big on pride after Cranston native Olivia Culpo snag... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1779684-smallest-big-universe-pride.html 2012-12-20T18:03:00Z