WOONSOCKET — Gov. Donald Carcieri and Keith W. Stokes, his new executive director of economic development, faced an understanding audience at the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce annual dinner last night. That helped, as they projected no immediate change in the state’s economic forecast.
PROVIDENCE — Four years after Rhode Islanders soundly rejected a proposal for a Narragansett Indian casino in West Warwick by a margin of 37-63, they may be asked to weigh in on whether Lincoln’s Twin River and Newport Grand should be established as full casinos.
BLACKSTONE — The 5-year-old child of a Woonsocket woman apparently stayed in the car while her mother allegedly broke into and robbed an apartment on Lakeshore Drive, police said.
PROVIDENCE — While a special Senate commission continues studying the prohibition of marijuana and perhaps a Massachusetts-style decriminalization of the drug, two House members have submitted legislation to tighten up the state’s medical marijuana law.