Table of Contents
Business, Economy and Finance
ProJo: Town manager: ?The situation is very difficult?
ProJo: Chafee to back casino ballot questions
ProJo: Twin River to hold town presentation
ProJo: Board to meet with Odimgbe
ProJo: NAACP head says Odimgbe should be reinstated as CEO
ProJo: Housing panel to be created
ProJo: Forum welcomes social media input
Energy and Environment
ProJo: R.I. does well at saving energy
Health and Wellness
ProJo: A drive to pay for breast cancer screenings
RIPR: Future Docs: A new series about becoming a doctor
Globe: Mass. health plans among most comprehensive in the country
Opinion
RI Future: Why high stakes tests shouldn?t grade students
ProJo: Candidates plan to use spare time to fix D.C. split
ProJo: Editorial: Yes to Question 7 bonds
ProJo: Force people to vote, lest we elect another Chafee
ProJo: Letter to the Editor: Psych tests at RIH
Politics and Government
ProJo: Coming out swinging
ProJo: 1st Congressional District candidates court female voters
ProJo: True the Vote to observe polls
WPRI (blog): Gina Raimondo fires up her campaign list to email supporters
WPRI (blog): What the poll says about Rhode Island?s 2014 race for governor
GoLocalProv: Speaker Gordon Fox?s former ally now running opponent?s campaign
World
ProJo: Anger over sinking economy
ProJo: 5 dead in cross-border shooting
ProJo: Panel to investigate Benghazi deaths
ProJo: Book says Obama wanted to put bin Laden on trial
Business, Economy and Finance
ProJo: Town manager: ?The situation is very difficult? (A1)
By Alex Kuffner
WEST WARWICK ? The news was bleak for the nearly 200 people who came out Wednesday night to hear about the state of the town?s finances and what must be done to keep West Warwick solvent.
http://digital.olivesoftware.
ProJo: Chafee to back casino ballot questions (A2)
By Katherine Gregg
PROVIDENCE ? The casino lobby has topped the $3-million spending mark. Governor Chafee has now officially endorsed the drive to bring full-scale casino gambling to the Twin River and Newport Grand video-slot parlors, and a new name ? Standard General ? has emerged in the behind-the-scenes jousting for larger shares of Twin River?s ownership.
http://digital.olivesoftware.
ProJo: Twin River to hold town presentation (A2)
By Michael P. McKinney
LINCOLN ?? The Town Council Thursday night will hear a presentation from Twin River slot parlor about the November ballot question that asks voters to decide whether to allow table games that would make the facility in Lincoln a full-fledged casino.
http://digital.olivesoftware.
ProJo: Board to meet with Odimgbe (A3)
By Bruce Landis
PROVIDENCE ?? The board of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority will meet Thursday with Charles Odimgbe, its suspended CEO, but its chairman said Odimgbe?s possible reinstatement will probably not be on the table.
http://digital.olivesoftware.
ProJo: NAACP head says Odimgbe should be reinstated as CEO (A1)
By Bruce Landis
PROVIDENCE ? The head of a leading civil-rights group says Charles Odimgbe, CEO of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority, is being ?railroaded? and should be reinstated immediately.
http://digital.olivesoftware.
ProJo: Housing panel to be created (A5)
By Alisha A. Pina
PROVIDENCE ? Since 2009, lenders have foreclosed on close to 10 percent of Providence?s mortgaged houses.
http://digital.olivesoftware.
ProJo: Forum welcomes social media input (A8)
By Kate Bramson
PROVIDENCE ? Here?s your opportunity to get involved with the conversation about fixing Rhode Island?s economy.
http://digital.olivesoftware.
Energy and Environment
ProJo: R.I. does well at saving energy (A1)
By Alex Kuffner
Rhode Island remains one of the leading states in the nation for conserving energy, according to rankings released on Wednesday.
http://digital.olivesoftware.
Health and Wellness
ProJo: A drive to pay for breast cancer screenings (A4)
By Thomas J. Morgan
PROVIDENCE ? A new license plate made public Wednesday is intended to raise awareness of breast cancer during October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
http://digital.olivesoftware.
RIPR: Future Docs: A new series about becoming a doctor
By Kristin Gourlay
From health reform to our changing population, health care as we know it could look a lot different in the future. Doctors in training today will help shape that future. Introducing a new series from Rhode Island Public Radio called Future Docs. We?re following the stories of medical students and residents to find out what it takes to become a doctor. And we?ll hear from experts about how that?s changing and why. http://www.publicbroadcasting.
Globe: Mass. health plans among most comprehensive in the country
By Chelsea Conaboy
Health insurance plans offered in Massachusetts and analyzed by U.S. News & World Report were found to be among the most comprehensive in the country. The analysis included 67 plans from four Massachusetts insurers that are sold to individuals or families. Each earned at least four of five stars based on scope of coverage and cost to consumers.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/
Opinion
RI Future: Why high stakes tests shouldn?t grade students
By Bob Plain
A broad coalition of education activists and defenders of the less fortunate will attend the Board of Regents meeting tonight to ask the public education oversight committee to reconsider a new rule that would require high school students to pass a standardized test ? traditionally used for grading school performance, not student ? in order to graduate.
http://www.rifuture.org/why-
ProJo: Candidates plan to use spare time to fix D.C. split (A4)
By Edward Fitzpatrick
I?ve seen campaigns veer into the gutter before, but this is the first time I?ve seen a campaign delve into gutter balls.
http://digital.olivesoftware.
ProJo: Editorial: Yes to Question 7 bonds (B6)
In 2007-2010 ? in the depths of the crash and recession ? construction supported by a $50 million Rhode Island state housing bond issue approved by the voters in 2006 accounted for 53 percent of the total value of permitted residential construction in the state, reports Housing Works RI. In the process, Housing Works reports, it generated nearly $800 million in economic activity in the state and led to developing 1,255 affordable homes in a total of 30 communities, helping to keep Rhode Island?s construction industry alive.
Politics and Government.
http://digital.olivesoftware.
ProJo: Force people to vote, lest we elect another Chafee (B6)
By T.R. Catanzarite
In reference to the Sept. 9 column by The Journal?s Edward Fitzpatrick titled, ?Chafee flourishes as independent,? I must disagree. I think the governor?s errors are running the state into the ground and driving people away.
http://digital.olivesoftware.
ProJo: Letter to the Editor: Psych tests at RIH (B7)
By Amy Bruzzi
People have a right to know that if you go to Rhode Island Hospital with any history of psychiatric issues that you will pretty much be held hostage there until you have a psych evaluation, even if your current chief complaint is a medical one.
http://digital.olivesoftware.
Politics and Government
ProJo: Coming out swinging (A1)
By Julie Pace and David Espo, AP
DENVER ? In a showdown at close quarters, President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney sparred aggressively in their first campaign debate Wednesday night over taxes, deficits and steps needed to create jobs in a sputtering economy.
http://digital.olivesoftware.
ProJo: 1st Congressional District candidates court female voters (A1)
By Philip Marcelo
PROVIDENCE ? Women?s issues took center stage in the 1st Congressional District race on Wednesday, as supporters of GOP challenger Brendan Doherty rallied at a downtown hotel with a group backing U.S. Rep. David N. Cicilline protesting outside.
http://digital.olivesoftware.
ProJo: True the Vote to observe polls (A7)
By Karen Lee Ziner
Volunteers for True the Vote, a Texas anti-voter fraud organization whose tactics have come under fire in other states, have been scrutinizing Rhode Island voter rolls and plan to place observers at the polls in November, according to a local volunteer coordinator.
http://digital.olivesoftware.
WPRI (blog): Gina Raimondo fires up her campaign list to email supporters
By Ted Nesi
Gina?s back ? in your inbox. Fresh off a new WPRI 12 poll giving her a 58% approval rating, Treasurer Gina Raimondo fired up her long-dormant campaign email list on Wednesday night and sent an update to her supporters, a move that was quickly noted by political observers waiting to see if she runs for governor in two years.
http://blogs.wpri.com/2012/10/
WPRI (blog): What the poll says about Rhode Island?s 2014 race for governor
By Ted Nesi
Rhode Island?s political landscape looks increasingly scrambled as the 2014 race for governor draws closer.
http://blogs.wpri.com/2012/10/
GoLocalProv: Speaker Gordon Fox?s former ally now running opponent?s campaign
By Dan McGowan
A former paid consultant for House Speaker Gordon Fox is running the campaign of the candidate hoping to unseat him in District 4, GoLocalProv has learned.
http://www.golocalprov.com/
World
ProJo: Anger over sinking economy (B1)
By Ali Akbar Dareini, AP
TEHRAN, Iran ? Police threatened merchants who closed their shops in Tehran?s main bazaar and launched crackdowns on sidewalk money changers on Wednesday as part of a push to halt the plunge of Iran?s currency, which has shed more than a third of its value in less than a week.
http://digital.olivesoftware.
ProJo: 5 dead in cross-border shooting (B3)
By Elizabeth A. Kennedy, AP
BEIRUT ? Turkish artillery fired on Syrian targets Wednesday after shelling from Syria struck a border village in Turkey, killing five civilians, sharply escalating tensions between the two neighbors and prompting NATO to convene an emergency meeting.
http://digital.olivesoftware.
ProJo: Panel to investigate Benghazi deaths (B3)
By Matthew Lee, AP
WASHINGTON ? Past investigations into attacks on U.S. diplomatic missions have blamed both the administration and Congress for failing to spend enough money to ensure that the overseas facilities were safe despite a clear rise in terror threats to American interests abroad.
http://digital.olivesoftware.
ProJo: Book says Obama wanted to put bin Laden on trial (B3)
By Kimberly Dozier, AP
WASHINGTON ? A new book says President Obama hoped to put Osama bin Laden on trial, showing the U.S. commitment to due process under law, if the al-Qaida leader had surrendered during a U.S. raid in Pakistan last year.
http://digital.olivesoftware.
Source: http://advocacysolutionsllc.com/2012/10/04/as-news-roundup-october-4-2012/
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