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Sen. Feinstein, Chafee call for freeze on top tax rate
WAP2003010916 - WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Sen. Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I., speaks at a news conference where he and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., not pictured, introduced a bill to freeze the top tax rate until the budget is balanced on Jan. 9, 2003, on Capitol Hill. rlw/Roger L. Wollenberg UPI

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PROVIDENCE, R.I., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee sparked controversy nationwide when he called a 17-foot spruce tree in the State House a "holiday tree."
Effort focuses on commitment in gay unions
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A bipartisan effort seeks to re-angle the gay marriage debate in the United States from an emphasis on civil rights to the value of commitment, supporters say.
WARWICK, R.I., Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Undocumented immigrants will pay in-state tuition rates at public colleges in Rhode Island, a state higher education governing board has decided.
CENTRAL FALL, R.I., Aug. 2 (UPI) -- The city of Central Falls, R.I., battered by debt and years of financial woes, has filed for bankruptcy protection.
Sexting by minors now illegal in R.I.
PROVIDENCE, R.I., July 14 (UPI) -- Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee signed a bill making it illegal for minors to send sexually explicit messages or images from cellphones, his office said.
PROVIDENCE, R.I., June 29 (UPI) -- A measure allowing same-sex civil unions won passage from the Rhode Island Senate Wednesday.
PROVIDENCE, R.I., June 29 (UPI) -- Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee Wednesday pardoned an Irish immigrant hanged for murder 166 years ago, the last person executed in the state.
PROVIDENCE, R.I., April 28 (UPI) -- The openly gay speaker of the Rhode Island House says the Legislature is not ready to pass a same-sex marriage bill and he now wants to legalize civil unions.
Patrick Kennedy to wed New Jersey teacher
PROVIDENCE, R.I., March 29 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island said he feels so fortunate that sixth-grade teacher Amy Petitgout has accepted his proposal of marriage.
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Gov. Lincoln Chafee is being urged to pardon the last man executed in Rhode Island, 166 years after the fact.
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