On a sunny day in March, about a hundred older people gathered on the State House steps — those that could, anyway — to ask state lawmakers for $5 million to help keep 8,000 seniors out of nursing homes. They got $200,000. But three days after the rally something important happened: Ken Ard — the lieutenant governor and the head of the state Office on Aging — was indicted and resigned. That forced then-Sen. Glenn McConnell to become the lieutenant governor, a position he did not … [Read more...]