By Elizabeth Roberts on
5/28/2010 1:19 PM
The TV meteorologists call
it the start of summer, but Memorial Day is so much more. Our lives and
our liberty are owed to those brave men and women who left their
families and put themselves in harm’s way for our freedom. And whether
they lost their lives on the field of battle, or returned to their loved
ones from the front, our service members truly deserve a moment of our
time and our thanks this weekend.
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By Elizabeth Roberts on
5/24/2010 4:11 PM
From the time I began volunteering as a 15-year-old at the hospital in my town through my career as a health care manager, policy analyst and elected official, improving our health care system has been a personal and professional goal of mine.
Toward this goal, tomorrow (Tuesday) I will be convening the Healthy RI Implementation Task Force, a group of health-care stakeholders I’ve brought together to address making the national health care reform law work...
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By Elizabeth Roberts on
5/18/2010 5:51 PM
Last night I had the honor of handing out 2010 Leadership Awards to exemplary students from Rhode Island’s high schools. I do this every May, and each time I’m reminded of the great potential of our state and hope for the future, represented by these young leaders who have already made a difference in their schools and communities.
This is also graduation season, a visible reminder of the impressive institutions of higher education in Rhode Island. We have a tremendous amount of young talent in this state attending our universities. We need to work to keep them here, contributing their skills and energy.
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By Elizabeth Roberts on
5/10/2010 5:45 PM
We know that the floods in late March were the worst to hit Rhode Island in living memory, and that a quick emergency response helped prevent loss of life. But what else worked well in terms of emergency management of the historic flooding? What gaps were exposed?
To review the lessons gleaned from the floods of 2010, I’m convening a meeting of the Emergency Management Advisory Council (EMAC) tomorrow morning (Tuesday).
Bringing together EMAC members...
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By Elizabeth Roberts on
5/6/2010 3:35 PM
Rhode Island just got a big boost toward achieving quality health care for all in our state: The Rhode Island Quality Institute (RIQI) has received a $15.9-million federal grant to use in its effort to create a statewide health-care technology system.
A statewide health technology system would mean, if you choose to participate, that your medical information would be available electronically across health-care...
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By Elizabeth Roberts on
5/4/2010 4:18 PM
Today the General Assembly introduced a bipartisan package of legislation aimed at easing regulatory burdens on small businesses operating in Rhode Island.
We’ve talked about regulatory reform—now government is backing up the talk.
Measures tackled here range from limiting the time cities/towns have to complete fire code inspections to 15 days (down from 90 days), to bolstering the small business presence on the Economic Development Council, to several...
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