Paiva-Weed Receives Endorsement for Re-Election to Office of President of the Senate
Dominick J. Ruggerio elected Senate Majority Leader.
The Rhode Island Senate’s Democrats gave their unanimous endorsement to the reelection of M. Teresa Paiva Weed to the Office of President of the Senate at a Democratic Caucus held today in the Senate Lounge at the State House. The election of the President of the Senate, by the full membership of the Senate, will take place on January 1, 2013, the first day of the new legislative session. Senator Paiva Weed is completing her second term as President of the Senate. She previously served for five years, from 2004 through 2008, as Senate Majority Leader. She is the first woman in Rhode Island history to serve in either of these offices. She is also the first woman to serve as Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee (1997-2000). Senator Paiva …
William F Horan
12:11 am on Sunday, November 18, 2012
The Obama mandate? The recent negative government report is spot on re Local RI USN deployment of 12 each monster 400 ft + tall WTG along the Defense Highway aka Burma Road on the West side of Aquidneck Island. WTG electrical power cost much more even with government subsidies.. RI General Assembly concluded that this was ill advised and dangerous approach of land based WTG farms here in RI. … more ›