Projo Politics Blog

PROVIDENCE -- Political news junkies, the week ahead may be yours.

Coming up: The sentencing of a former state senator for corruption, the arraignments of two CVS executives in a related case, and the release of grand jury testimony from The Station nightclub fire case.

Plus, in a single 19-hour span, Governor Carcieri will give arguably his most important speech and release the state's most important document of the year.

Tuesday at 7 p.m., Carcieri is scheduled to deliver his annual State of the State address before a joint session of the General Assembly in the House chamber. And at 2 p.m. Wednesday, the governor will unveil his 2008 budget.

There's no word on what the governor's tax-and-spending proposal may contain, but it's sure to be interesting. In his budget, Cacieri somehow has to close a $105.1-million shortfall that the state faces this year and a potential $254-million deficit next year.

-- projo.com staff writer Steve Peoples

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