Rep. Patrick Kennedy, who has struggled with depression, alcoholism and addiction for much of his life, said Friday that he has checked into a medical facility for treatment.
Continue reading this entry ...
Seven developers, one as far away as Houston, have submitted proposals to build an offshore wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island.
The Democratic presidential nominating process is now at a decisive juncture, said the Rhode Islander who helped create the process.
After enduring a whole week of fly-by stump speeches from this year's remaining Democratic and Republican presidential candidates, I woke up this morning and commuted in to canvassers on street corners, swaying to the ebb of signs with a first name, or a last name, decorated in r …
Continue reading this entry ...
Democrat Barack Obama, on his first visit to Rhode Island as a presidential candidate, sought Saturday to portray Hillary Rodham Clinton as a candidate who shifted positions for political expediency.
Continue reading this entry ...
Lawmakers have proposed a system to investigate and track medical mistakes and so-called "near misses" after brain surgeons at Rhode Island Hospital operated on the wrong side of patients' heads last year on three separate occasions.
Continue reading this entry ...
2008 presidential campaign pitstops to Rhode Island are becoming fast and furious as the Ocean State prepares for its March 4 primary contests.
SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts will appear at the Rhode Island Federal Courthouse next Tuesday to celebrate the building's 100th anniversary. The Providence Journal indicates that the visit is the first by a sitting chief justice to the state since 1937.
Rhode Island's 2008 tourist season may signal the end of a nine-year federally-funded pilot project that brought a 146-passenger hi-speed catamaran ferry service between Providence and Newport.
It's a big day for hundreds of thousands of web sites built on top of the popular open-source Joomla! CMS.
Engaging in a preemptive polar bear swim a little early, and plunging into an unusual place--the dingy waters of the Providence River--an unidentified man ran naked through downtown Providence this afternoon.
Political Scene has learned that just three presidential candidates had submitted enough signatures as of yesterday to qualify for Rhode Island's primary ballot.
Rhode Island's Future, a leading progressive blog in the Ocean State, has lended its endorsement to Democratic Illinois Senator Barack Obama in his 2008 presidential bid.
A 100mpg Toyota Prius will take to the track this weekend at the Hybrid Center of Massachusetts, in the western suburbs of Boston. From the press release:
As reported all over the news today, Rhode Island has taken the special honors of having the 4th highest rates of depression among the states and the 5th highest rate of suicide, according to Mental Health America.
The Providence Journal reports that Providence Mayor David Cicilline (D) is looking to formalize deployment of a roving police detail in the city's downtown club district, with the tab to be paid by venue owners, cited as the source of a number of police incidents every weekend.
It's a tale of (at least) three states, each boldly putting forward their gambit for a share of gaming tax revenues.
Continue reading this entry ...
A woman missing for more than two months has been found after a shop owner in Baltimore realized who she was.
Continue reading this entry ...
U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) in a speech and press release yesterday voiced his opposition to Judge Michael Mukasey's nomination as U.S. Attorney General.
As Rhode Island lawmakers, technologists and ecologists huddle together to develop a wind farm designed to supply up to 15% of the state's electricity needs, they're discovering that several of the proposed sites for the state-owned project are bearing externalities that could pu …
The Rhode Island Antiques Mall is set to open this weekend in Pawtucket, featuring wares from 130 dealers. Shoppers will be able to find vintage jewelry, both costume and precious, collectibles such as glassware, figurines and crazy, eclectic toys...
Carcieri said in a news release the General Assembly should forego pay increases they have gotten since 2002 and begin paying a share of their health insurance premiums, as other state employees do.
Former talk radio host and state Attorney General Arlene Violet is part of a trio of investors looking to build an ethanol refining plant in North Kingstown's Quonset Business Park.
Straight out of the Wal-Mart employee manual comes this heartwarming story of a rather outgoing visitor from the Midwest extending three hours worth of Good Mornin's to strangers in the middle of Downtown Providence.
Tech entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner Marc Cuban visited the Ocean State yesterday for a conversation as part of the Business Innovation Factory 3 conference.
rhodezone is a member of the following groups:
rhodezone has not published any private articles or seeds that you have access to.
Latest Comments
Connecticut Man Designs Magnet-Powered Motor
Connecticut Man Designs Magnet-Powered Motor
"The good news for Obama is that he needn’t worry about the Republicans. They’re committing suicide."
Obama Plans Massive New High Speed Railroad
As if Things Weren't Bad Enough, Russian Professor Predicts End of U.S.
Bush: `I'm sorry' economic crisis is occurring
Bush: `I'm sorry' economic crisis is occurring
Georgia congressman warns of Obama dictatorship
Palin returns to Alaska to chants of '2012'
Obama citizenship question goes to U.S. Supreme Court