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January 20, 2008 - January 26, 2008 Archives

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Reed tells of his latest trip to Iraq / Transcript

6:20 PM Fri, Jan 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

U.S. Sen. Jack Reed held a press conference today to talk about his most recent trip to Iraq. Reed, a West Point graduate and a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, traveled in Iraq from Jan. 16-18. It......

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Field of candidates to presidential conventions is deep

12:45 PM Fri, Jan 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

More than 180 Rhode Island residents are vying for a chance to cast the state’s official votes for president at the presidential conventions. The Secretary of State’s Office has certified that 184 residents have collected the 150 signatures needed to......

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Whitehouse bringing Riverside cancer survivor to State of Union

4:55 PM Thu, Jan 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

Mike Tracy, a cancer survivor from East Providence's Riverside section, will be a State of the Union address guest of U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, Whitehouse said Tracy's healthcare struggles point up the need for better health care quality.......

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Crossroads president, Cumberland mayor to attend Bush's speech

11:49 AM Thu, Jan 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

The president of Crossroads Rhode Island is taking a trip to Washington. U.S. Rep. James R. Langevin, D-R.I., announced today that he will be bringing Anne Nolan with him to the president's final State of the Union address. Crossroads is......

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Carcieri: RI on brink of financial disaster

10:31 PM Tue, Jan 22, 2008 | | Comments (8)
By Andrea Panciera    Email

Governor Carcieri told lawmakers tonight that the state is teetering on the brink of financial disaster. “The State of the State is at a tipping point,” he told a packed chamber of senators, representatives, judges and mayors. “If we are......

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Carcieri's State of the State: The prepared version

7:11 PM Tue, Jan 22, 2008 | | Comments (14)
By Andrea Panciera    Email

Editor's note: The governor's office has just e-mailed the prepared remarks of Governor Carcieri's State of the State address. They are posted below. You may also watch the 7 p.m. speech live now on projo.com, courtesy of wpri.com. 2008 State......

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State House lobbying efforts carry salary and benefits

9:36 AM Mon, Jan 21, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Out of recent influence-peddling scandals came a law requiring every corporation, labor union and special-interest group that has a lobbyist at the State House to disclose “anything of value” they have given a state legislator. Well, the latest reports are......

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R.I.’s first lady is on the right side

9:27 AM Mon, Jan 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Among those defending Governor Carcieri after he questioned “why in God’s name” the state should provide English-language interpreters “for people who want benefits from us” was a group called the Ocean State Research Policy Institute. As controversy swirled over Carcieri’s......

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When you gotta go …

9:26 AM Mon, Jan 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

In a week that saw the governor unveil major budget changes, let’s not forget the introduction of another, ahem, explosive bill last week. The Restroom Access Act of 2008 would require retail businesses to allow customers with medical conditions such......

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Tennessee tick

9:24 AM Mon, Jan 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

In Rhode Island, it was a snowstorm while the governor slept on a plane halfway around the world that sparked questions about who should be in charge in the absence of the state’s chief executive. In Tennessee, it was an......

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