By Elizabeth Roberts on
6/28/2010 1:12 PM
This morning I filed my formal paperwork with the Secretary of State, making my bid for reelection as your lieutenant governor official.
Read more about my goals for the next four years (below), and get ready for an exciting few months leading up to the primary!
From my press release:
PROVIDENCE— Lt. Governor Elizabeth H. Roberts filed a Declaration of Candidacy with the Secretary of State's Office at 9 a.m., Monday, June 28, 2010, marking her bid for re-election...
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By Elizabeth Roberts on
6/17/2010 2:31 PM
Yesterday I spoke at Bryant University’s 25th annual World Trade Day event, which focused on helping Rhode Island and New England to grow its manufacturing and exports in the international market.
As the national economy shows signs of picking up, we’re still facing some real challenges. This event explored the significant opportunities that are available in the manufacturing realm—especially advanced manufacturing, or those using cutting-edge technologies...
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By Elizabeth Roberts on
6/11/2010 1:11 PM
Yesterday was a great day for my family. Nora, our younger daughter, graduated from high school. It was a day when extended family visited, and we talked about Nora and our lives with her from her birth, and we thought forward to college and where her life may be heading.
It is an experience families throughout Rhode Island are having over the next few weeks, proudly watching our surprisingly grown-up teenage children walk across a stage. They walk up those few steps as...
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By Elizabeth Roberts on
6/9/2010 2:48 PM
Today, I gave the opening talk at the annual Hurricane Conference sponsored by the RI Emergency Management Agency—perhaps all the more vital this year both because of the flooding disaster we went through earlier this year and the active hurricane season hurricane experts are predicting.
Although it’s been years since a hurricane affected Rhode Island, we can’t become complacent—surely the floods of 2010 taught us that. And it’s important to review the lessons we learned from the March floods so we can effectively prepare if a hurricane threatens us.
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By Elizabeth Roberts on
6/4/2010 11:37 AM
I am deeply disappointed that the General Assembly has opened the door for cities and towns to reverse the phaseout of the regressive car tax through an amendment to the budget that passed in the House last night. From a release I issued today:
Today, Lt. Governor Elizabeth H. Roberts called on General Assembly leaders to reverse course on the rollback of the car-tax phaseout that is currently in the budget for the next fiscal year. The proposal, developed in an amendment...
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By Elizabeth Roberts on
6/3/2010 12:15 PM
As we’ve talked about health care reform in the past year, Geisinger Health Systems has become one of the “buzz” names—in part thanks to several mentions by President Obama, who called them one of the “islands of success” in health care during his televised speech before Congress last fall. And it’s more than just buzz: Geisinger has made health care work, with both better quality of care and lower costs than national averages.
Later today (Thursday), Rhode Island will...
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By Elizabeth Roberts on
6/2/2010 2:03 PM
Today I had the honor of speaking at the 2010 Rhode Island Salute to Small Businesses, sponsored by the Small Business Administration, where awards were given to outstanding small business owners in a variety of categories (for a full list of award-winners, click here).
While big companies often get the headlines, small businesses truly are the backbone...
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