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October 21, 2007 - October 27, 2007 Archives

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Cianci adds job at Channel 6 to post-prison resume

5:21 PM Wed, Oct 24, 2007 | | Comments (4)
By Andrea Panciera    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Former Providence Mayor Vincent A. Cianci Jr. is adding another new job title to his resume: Chief political analyst and contributing editor for WLNE-TV. The station says the once-imprisoned former mayor will start his new job on Nov.......

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The governor’s cash reserves are getting low

9:28 AM Mon, Oct 22, 2007 | | Comments (2)
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Governor Carcieri’s political coffers are almost empty. Only one year into his final four-year term, the term-limited Republican governor is spending more out of his “campaign” account than he is taking in, according to his latest report to the state......

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Kass staying put

9:27 AM Mon, Oct 22, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

News Flash: Governor Carcieri intends to keep his communications director, Steve Kass. Earlier this month, an unidentified Carcieri backer leaked a now-famous memo to the news media containing a “strategic plan” for buffing up the governor’s image. Among the top......

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New post unposted

9:25 AM Mon, Oct 22, 2007 | | Comments (1)
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

In the oops category, a hiring notice came down almost as quickly as it went up for a new $130,000-a-year cabinet-level director of the state’s yet-to-be-fully established Department of Revenue. The application period was supposed to run from Oct. 15......

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Clinton raking it in …

9:24 AM Mon, Oct 22, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Tiny Rhode Island may be pretty much irrelevant in presidential politics, but once again, presidential aspirants are finding the state a hospitable place to raise campaign money. Not surprisingly, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is leading the pack in......

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… And returning for more

9:24 AM Mon, Oct 22, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Speaking of presidential candidates … Clinton brings her presidential campaign to Rhode Island on Nov. 2 with a fundraiser at the East Greenwich home of Democratic Party activists Mark and Susan Weiner. The event is rescheduled from last month, when......

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Assembly meets Oct. 30

9:23 AM Mon, Oct 22, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

For the record, both the House and the Senate are returning for a one-day special session next week. House leaders confirmed last week their plan to return for an Oct. 30 veto override session early. Senate President Joseph A. Montalbano,......

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Caprio roast

9:21 AM Mon, Oct 22, 2007 | | Comments (1)
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

The Diabetes Foundation of Rhode Island will stage “Honor His Honor,” a “roast and toast” for Providence Municipal Court Judge Frank Caprio, on Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Providence Marriott. The event will benefit Camp Surefire, a summer program......

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