House lawmakers meet on RI's tanking economy

Nov 6th, 2009 - Boston

Related content:

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—State lawmakers are debating plans ranging from auto racing to consolidating municipal services to steer Rhode Island through a bleak financial crisis.

The proposals were raised Thursday during a closed-door caucus of Democratic lawmakers convened by House Speaker William Murphy.

He has called it a first step to dealing with a failing economy that has driven unemployment to 13 percent and produced massive state budget deficits.

Read the whole story on Boston or try our Toolbar

blog comments powered by Disqus

President Obama's voters mourn broken promises, yet still have faith in him
Nov 8th, 2009 - NY Daily News
Like millions across the nation, Stan Potratz voted enthusiastically for President Obama and his intoxicating promises of change a year ago. Now, Potratz says, the magic of that historic November night has long receded...
Geithner Says 'Continued Policy Support' Needed for Recovery
Nov 7th, 2009 - Bloomberg
Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithnersaid the U.S. economy requires “continued policy support” torecover from a financial and economic crisis that has pushedunemployment to its highest level since 1983.
On healthcare reform, House lawmakers get past the abortion hurdle
Nov 7th, 2009 - The Christian Science Monitor
When President Obama arrived at the Cannon office building Saturday to rally House Democrats for a historic vote on healthcare reform, he was met with anti-abortion protesters...
G20 pledge to support economy until recovery firms
Nov 7th, 2009 - Reuters
ST ANDREWS, Scotland, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Group of 20 financeministers and central bankers pledged on Saturday to preparestrategies to end emergency support for their economies...
R.I. to vote on plantation as part of name
Oct 29th, 2009 - Boston
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island residents will vote next year whether to shorten the state's longest-in-the-nation formal name because of its association with slavery, state lawmakers decided yesterday. Officially...