May 2—Compromise bill on bridge fines passes

What started as a weight limit for trucks traveling over the Pawtucket and Sakonnet river bridges morphed into a compromise last night that relies on promises the state police will not slap truckers who have laminated “empty” signs in their windows with new $3,000 fines aimed at raising money for the cash-strapped state.

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April 26—House passes revised budget

After five hours of extended debate, partisan sniping, petty niggling and sometimes impassioned, reasoned argument, the House of Representatives approved a revised budget for the current year on a vote of 60-12, virtually identical to the package passed by the finance committee earlier this week.

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April 26—Energy firm to pay for R.I. “blue soil” cleanup

An energy company has agreed to pay residents of a polluted waterfront neighborhood in Tiverton and to clean up the massive contamination that made the soil under their homes blue, lawyers for the neighbors said Wednesday.

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April 25—Legislators back Portsmouth effort to make East Main Road safer

Three area legislators have asked the Department of Transportation to take several short-term steps to slow traffic on East Main Road near Portsmouth High School after a string of fatalities and serious injuries resulting from car-pedestrian accidents in the last few years.

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February 8—24-hour gambling plan decried

A steady stream of people went before the House Finance Committee yesterday to urge its members to reject legislation that would allow 24-hour gambling in Rhode Island.

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