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October 28, 2007 - November 3, 2007 Archives


Who's voting where on Tuesday

1:06 PM Fri, Nov 02, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Tuesday is Election Day in Rhode Island -- are you voting? Although there are no major statewide races, there are some local elections that you'll want to participate in if you live in one of those communities. Here's a list......

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Democrats want Carcieri to return cost-of-living increase

9:33 AM Mon, Oct 29, 2007 | | Comments (5)
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

By calling on legislators to return their raises of recent years, Governor Carcieri last week begged this question: is he going to return the 12 percent, $12,623, raise he received last January? State Democratic party chairman Bill Lynch asked the......

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Vacancies: Do as I say …

9:31 AM Mon, Oct 29, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

In case you’re not tired of reading about the governor’s staff reduction plan … Aside from layoffs and contractor cuts, Governor Carcieri is calling for leaving roughly 400 vacancies unfilled. Political Scene has learned that exactly seven days before the......

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Governor’s counsel sits in on judgeship meetings

9:30 AM Mon, Oct 29, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Governor Carcieri’s new executive counsel, Kernan “Kerry” King, attended two of the three meetings that the Judicial Nominating Commission held last week to interview 14 candidates vying for a pair of District Court vacancies. In recent years, executive counsels have......

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DOT union has new leader

9:29 AM Mon, Oct 29, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

By 2-to1, the members of Local 400, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, have voted in a new president. He is $53,550-a-year community liaison officer Brendan Fogarty, 46, a member of the Department of Transportation’s newly created constituent service......

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Sundlun, Almond to address Common Cause

9:27 AM Mon, Oct 29, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Democrat Bruce G. Sundlun, governor from 1991 to 1995, and Republican Lincoln C. Almond, governor from 1995 union 2003, will share a platform at Common Cause of Rhode Island’s annual dinner meeting, on Nov. 7. The two will discuss Rhode......

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