http://www.golocalprov.com en Copyright 2012 2012-02-04T16:53:12+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/news/new-state-dem.-party-chair-blasts-brendan-doherty/ A day after Congressional candidate Brendan Doherty ripped Congressman David Cicilline for his handling of city finances while he was Mayor, state Democratic Party chairman Ed Pacheco fired back, suggesting Doherty doesn't have a grasp on municipal issues in Rhode Island. 2012-02-04T16:53:12+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/politics/political-cash/ Rhode Island residents have made more than $2 million in federal campaign contributions during the 2012 election cycle, with residents on the East Side of Providence leading the way with more than $270,000 in donations, according to a GoLocalProv review of campaign finances. 2012-02-04T05:30:38+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/politics/travis-rowley6/ In his weekly column, Travis Rowley takes on the Occupy movement. 2012-02-04T05:16:24+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/business/ri-biz-winners-and-flops1/ RI Biz Winners and Flops – a review of the people and companies that make RI’s economic engine go or slow. Some companies are looking like winners, others in transition, and others looks a bit in distress. Now, some new players are changing the market. 2012-02-04T05:15:23+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/news/guest-mindsetter-dan-lawlor-providence-schools-are-broken.-literally/ Quality public school buildings in the United States of America should be a baseline, a non-exceptional baseline for all our children. 2012-02-04T05:15:13+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/beauty/the-look-winter-hair-fixes/ By this time of year our skin and our hair is all dried out. Even though it hasn't been that cold (much less snowy!), the weather does dry out, and we're also driving in our cars with the heat turned up. That can do some damage over the weeks 2012-02-04T05:02:49+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/kevin-costner-to-play-cranstons-park-theatre/ Kevin Costner is coming to Rhode Island this spring, and it's not on a big screen. It's on stage. And he's bringing his guitar. On Saturday, April 7, Kevin Costner and Modern West will rock the historic Park Theatre in Cranston for an intimate, once-in-a-lifetime concert event. Famous throughout the world for his successful acting career, Kevin’s first love has always been music – a talent he’s now bringing to Rhode Island. Tickets for the show go on sale Monday, February 6. 2012-02-04T05:02:35+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/actress-filmmaker-ayesha-khan-coming-to-providence/ FirstWorks will bring Pakistani actress and filmmaker Ayesha Khan to Providence next week to showcase her latest film, Made In Pakistan, and join local filmmakers and artists in a wide-raning panel discussion. Both events are part of Caravanserai, the international outreach and arts collaboration hosted in New England by FirstWorks. 2012-02-04T05:02:23+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/food/great-last-minute-grabs-for-super-bowl-sunday/ Got your flatscreen? Got your jersey ready? Got everything you need for Sunday? If you don't, we've got our favorite last-minute grabs to make your Game Day party the best ever. 2012-02-04T05:02:10+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/sports/john-rooke-thinking-out-loud11/ Thinking Out Loud…while wondering whatever happened to a Super Bowl favorite from yesteryear…former Vikings quarterback Joe Kapp… 2012-02-04T04:10:21+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/sports/princeton-beats-brown-77-63/ Princeton defeated Brown Friday night at the Pizz. 2012-02-04T02:15:52+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/sports/super-bowl-match-ups-coaching-intangibles/ in our final match-up breakdown for the Super Bowl, we look at coaching and intangibles. 2012-02-03T23:55:01+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/news/new-doherty-calls-for-tax-exempts-to-pay-fair-share-in-providence/ Brendan Doherty, candidate for Congress from Rhode Island’s first Congressional district today called on Brown University and other non-profit property holders within the city of Providence to make meaningful contribution to the City’s financial recovery in recognition of the value of the services that they receive. 2012-02-03T22:10:37+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/news/new-rhode-islands-lead-poisoning-prevention-program-threatened-by-cdc-budge/ Without immediate intervention by President Obama, the Rhode Island Department of Health’s Lead and Healthy Homes Program, along with 34 other state health departments, will be devastated by extreme cuts in funding, approved by Congress in December. 2012-02-03T17:31:27+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/index.php/weather/blog/when-will-the-hammer-hit/ After our experience last winter, most New Englanders are waiting like those condemned to the guillotine ... 2012-02-03T17:02:02+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/news/taveras-security-detail/ The City of Providence shelled out $500,000 for a four-officer police detail for Mayor Angel Taveras last year, double what the state spends on security for the Governor, according to records obtained by GoLocalProv. “It’s just kind of an over-the-top expense the city doesn’t need right now,” said one local taxpayer advocate. 2012-02-03T05:30:45+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/news/providence-going-broke-what-next-for-the-capital-city/ The city of Providence nearly ran out of cash in December and is staring down an approximate $30 million deficit in the current fiscal year, city officials confirmed at a City Council finance committee meeting Thursday evening. 2012-02-03T05:29:17+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/news/new-house-votes-down-cicilline-jobs-amendment/ With unemployment continuing to hover at 10.8% in Rhode Island, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives rejected an amendment offered today by U.S. Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI) that would have required a jobs impact analysis be performed on legislation that passes out of a House committee. 2012-02-03T05:28:35+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/news/new-risc-praises-taveras-for-confronting-citys-fiscal-crisis/ The Rhode Island Statewide Coalition (RISC) is commending Providence Mayor Angel Taveras for confronting the widening fiscal crisis facing Providence and for the plan of action he announced Thursday 2012-02-03T05:28:23+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/news/new-city-council-establishes-new-subcommittee-on-women-healthy-communities/ At the February 2nd meeting of the Providence City Council, Council President Michael Solomon (Ward Five) announced the creation of a new Women and Healthy Communities subcommittee of the Committee on Ordinances. Councilmembers Sabina Matos (Ward Fifteen), Carmen Castillo (Ward 9), David Salvatore (Ward 14), Seth Yurdin (Ward 1), and Samuel Zurier (Ward 2) were named as members of the subcommittee. 2012-02-03T05:28:19+00:00