PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A recent poll suggests that Rhode Island voters are angry and they're taking it out on their elected officials ... The poll conducted by WPRI-TV Channel 12, is being released in parts. More will be available this evening; projo.com will publish results on the 7to7newsblog after 6 p.m ... Poll results reported by the television station Thursday night show that just 33 percent of Rhode Islanders rated U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's performance as excellent or good, while 54
Fallout ... Republican Scott Brown's stunning victory this week in the race for the late Ted Kennedy's Senate seat in Massachusetts has created something approaching panic in the ranks of Congressional Democrats ... TEA LEAVES After Brown’s victory, is the rise of the Rhode Island GOP nigh? ... Republican Scott Brown's stunning victory this week in the race for the late Ted Kennedy's Senate seat in Massachusetts has created something approaching panic in the ranks of Congressional Democrats
By Steve Peoples ... Providence Journal State House Bureau ... PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island's Congressional delegation is meeting this afternoon behind closed doors with Governor Carcieri ... The pols are not expected to discuss the governor's recent letter to the delegation discouraging Democrats' efforts to overhaul the nation's health-care system ... Instead, according to Carcieri spokeswoman Amy Kempe, the delegation is getting an update on the state's off-shore wind project ... "I think
By Steve Peoples ... Providence Journal State House bureau ... In the wake of his father's death, Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy has canceled all public events this week, including a forum on national health-care reform expected Thursday ... The congressman's father, longtime Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, died last week of brain cancer ... The death of the patriarch of the Kennedy political clan was followed by days of ceremony culminating in his burial Saturday ... The forum
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse have announced plans for another community dinner to elicit the response of constituents to proposed health insurance reform legislation ... The community dinner, similar to Thursday's in West Warwick, will be held at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, at the Johnston Senior Center at 1291 Hartford Ave. Seating is limited ... U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy said Friday that he too will host a community meeting on health care reform on Sept. 3 -- the
WARWICK, R.I. -- Congressman James R. Langevin has changed the location for this week's public "town hall" meeting, planning for a large turnout as many constituents get their first opportunity to speak with a member of Congress about the explosive health-care debate ... The meeting is now scheduled for Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. at Warwick City Hall. It was initially planned for the police station ... "It's for space reasons," Langevin spokeswoman Joy Fox said. "The police station holds about
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse will host a community dinner at the West Warwick Senior Center in West Warwick, Thursday August 20 to listen to Rhode Islanders' personal stories about the crisis in our health insurance system -- and their ideas about how to fix it ... The event takes place at 145 Washington Street, West Warwick. Residents can RSVP by visiting Whitehouse's Web site, calling (401) 453-5294, or sending a message to rsvp_whitehouse@whitehouse.senate.gov ... RSVPs are encouraged, but not
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- If Elizabeth Dennigan's week started out with a bang in her announcement that she will challenge U.S. Congressman James Langevin in a primary for his seat, it may have ended with one too ... Appearing on WPRO's John DePetro show Friday morning, Dennigan made several comments that seemed to refer to Langevin's physical disabilities ... Asked by DePetro about her opponent's shortcomings, Dennigan had this to say: "I did meet with Mr. Langevin a few weeks ago and I tried to make