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/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/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/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 http://www.golocalprov.com/news/new-hinckley-ad-spoofs-senator-whitehouse/ The Barry Hinckley for US Senate campaign today released a web video spoof highlighting Sheldon Whitehouse's disconnect with average voters in light of the stark economic realities Rhode Islanders face every day. The one minute video, which appears on YouTube, features a giddy Senator Whitehouse cheering after a series of dismal Rhode Island economic indicators is displayed. 2012-02-03T05:28:12+00:00