Government

City accuses library of poor maintenance

Government 10/23/2010

PROVIDENCE – In a complaint filed on Oct. 14 in Providence Superior Court, the city accused the nonprofit Providence Public Library of failing to...

Richard Godfrey, executive director Rhode Island Housing, speaks at the Oct. 18 announcement in Pawtucket of the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s selection of KeepSpace as one of eight recipients nationwide to receive technical assistance and consulting services from EPA, focusing on growth and development issues. Godfrey is an advisory committee member of KeepSpace, a partnership focused on changing how Rhode Island thinks about, builds and approaches “community.” /

EPA to support KeepSpace initiative

Government 10/23/2010

Richard Godfrey, executive director Rhode Island Housing, speaks at the Oct. 18 announcement in Pawtucket of the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s selection of KeepSpace...

A GOOD BASE: Republican gubernatorial candidate John Robitaille says that a competitive tax rate is crucial to job creation. /

Robitaille: ‘I will veto any budget that [has] a tax increase’

Government 10/23/2010

PBN: What do you consider to be the No. 1 priority for the next governor? ROBITAILLE: Job creation, No. 1 by far. To...

HORSE RACE: Lincoln Chafee, independent gubernatorial candidate, says the next governor needs to focus on existing businesses. /

Chafee: ‘Communities that prosper more … don’t have deals’

Government 10/23/2010

PBN: What do you consider the No. 1 priority for the next governor? CHAFEE: Economic prosperity for Rhode Island. We’re overdue. We need...

FROM THE TOP DOWN? R.I. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Frank T. Caprio said that most agency and department heads would be “free to reapply for their job.” /

Caprio: ‘We’re going to run this [office] like a small business’

Government 10/23/2010

PBN: What do you foresee as the first priority of the next governor? CAPRIO: The local economy and the small businesses in the...

BUILDING BLOCK: Kenneth J. Block, Moderate Party candidate for governor, has never held political office, but believes his business background is experience enough. /

Block: ‘We have to incentivize smart economic development’

Government 10/23/2010

PBN: What prompted you to go into public service and run for governor? BLOCK: What pushed me into politics and creation of a...

Waterfront properties are assets too great for voters to ignore

Government 10/23/2010

To the Editor: Providence Business News’ editorial (“Ballot Question No. 4: Vote to Reject,” Oct. 18, 2010) is seriously adrift in arguing against passage. PBN...

Open space bond would help support private investment

Government 10/23/2010

To the Editor: Your editorial on the Open Space/ Recreation Bond (“Ballot Question No. 4: Vote to Reject,” Oct. 18, 2010) gets the underlying principle...

Spending cuts force Navy to reshape; opportunity for contractors

Government 10/23/2010

Imminent spending reductions by the Department of Defense combined with a mix of different types of international security threats will require the Navy to...