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January 7, 2008 Archives

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Who's in in the Ocean State's primary

11:11 AM Mon, Jan 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

One day ahead of the closely monitored New Hampshire presidential primary, seven presidential hopefuls have reserved a spot for their names in the Rhode Island primary. Municipalities have until Thursday to validate the signatures of the remaining candidates, several of......

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GOP's Gorham threatens suit over Assembly grants process

9:31 AM Mon, Jan 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

House Republicans have promised to boycott all legislative grants in the coming year and have threatened to sue the General Assembly leadership to stop the disbursement of the modest checks to local libraries, senior centers and Little Leagues. “Going forward......

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He’s running for state attorney general — in 2010

9:27 AM Mon, Jan 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

The 2010 election is just under three years away, but at least one candidate has decided that it’s never too early to get started. Providence City Solicitor Joseph M. Fernandez filed organizational papers with the Board of Elections to campaign......

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Several appointments to R.I. House panels

9:26 AM Mon, Jan 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

The new year brought a spate of new appointments to Rhode Island House legislative committees. Speaker Murphy has named Jan P. Malik, D-Barrington, chairman of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. That chairmanship was vacated when Peter T. Ginaitt,......

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Vanity plates getting popular in Ocean State

9:23 AM Mon, Jan 07, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

R U VAIN? Rhode Islanders apparently are not, at not least when it comes to their license plates. The state known for big egos and bad drivers ranks a modest 21st on a nationwide list of percentage of cars sporting......

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State job gone, DiRuzzo says it's time to retire

9:21 AM Mon, Jan 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Governor Carcieri’s cost-cutting plan has sliced only 61 jobs off the state payroll thus far, but among them was the position of Josephine DiRuzzo, who is the president pro tempore of the all-Democrat Providence City Council. DiRuzzo’s state job, as......

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Unity the watchword in Singleton’s 'caucus'

9:19 AM Mon, Jan 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

And finally, in this season of new beginnings, the General Assembly has a new leader of a different sort. Richard W. “Rick” Singleton has assumed the unofficial title of leader of the Assembly’s independent caucus. While it may sound good,......

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