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Governor Carcieri has vetoed legislation to allow Twin River to operate round the clock and force the track and slot parlor to keep greyhound racing. Carcieri is opposed to a provision that would keep dog racing and expand it.
This week, Rhode Islanders learned of another medical error when a surgeon at Miriam Hospital put anesthesia in the wrong eye of a patient. But smaller, less dramatic mistakes often go unnoticed and happen even more frequently. Last year, Rhode Island hospitals reported over three hundred mistakes to the department of health. And for every error, there's the trauma that comes with it- for the patient, as well as the doctor involved.
As expected, Governor Carcieri has vetoed the 24-7 gambling bill for Twin River, "because of my opposition to the provisions of Section 2 thereof which proposes to increase the number of days that the dog track must be operated annually," from 125 to 200.
Carcieri says the dog racing in Lincoln in unprofitable. He points to a 90 percent decline in wagers over the past 15 years, from $150 million in 1990 to $13 million in the current one.
The conservative magazine Human Events, in the form of political editor John Gizzi, is holding up Rhode Island's Medicaid waiver as a possible national bellwether:
In Defense Of The Flag (Sewn For History Class)
Bob Heft, who sewed the 50-state flag as a high schooler, received a B- for his project. Heft's history teacher accused him of not knowing how many states were in the union at the time. The teacher changed the grade when the design was accepted by Congress.
