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Governor's ex-deputy chief of staff has new job -- in higher ed office

2:25 PM Thu, May 08, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Scott MacKay    Email

John "J.R.'' Pagliarini, dimissed in February by Governor Carcieri from his job as the governor's deputy chief of staff, has landed at the state Office of Higher Education. Jack Warner, commissioner of higher education, confirmed today that Pagliarini has a......

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Carcieri to NEARI: Does Crowley speak for union on immigration?

5:26 PM Wed, May 07, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Scott MacKay    Email

Just how thin is Governor Carcieri's political skin? An April 22 letter the governor sent to Robert Walsh, executive director of the National Education Association of Rhode Island, the teachers' union, may provide a clue. "It has come to my......

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Update: Reed won't commit yet, Whitehouse still with Clinton

11:46 AM Wed, May 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Although Sen. Barack Obama's near-miss in Indiana and his crushing victory in North Carolina have made Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's pursuit a majority of Democratic convention delegates increasingly implausible, Sen. Jack Reed is one uncommitted party leader who remains unwilling......

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Cheney to speak at Coast Guard Academy graduation

11:12 AM Wed, May 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

NEW LONDON, Conn. -- The Coast Guard Academy says Vice President Dick Cheney will speak at its commencement ceremony May 21. Academy officials say the vice president is set to deliver the keynote address at 11 a.m. at the school's......

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Too early, too close to call in Indiana

10:22 AM Tue, May 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

SPEEDWAY, Ind. –– Indiana’s crucial Democratic presidential primary is too close to call –– at least if there’s any trend to be gleaned from random chats with the voters of this relatively conservative town, the home of the famous auto-racing......

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Rhode Islander engineers big win in Louisiana

7:35 PM Mon, May 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Scott MacKay    Email

A 26-year-old Cranston native spearheaded last Saturday's upset special election of a Democratic U.S. House member from a very conservative district anchored by Baton Rouge and its McMansion suburbs. Meet Katie Nee, who tomorrow will become the youngest chief......

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Scott MacKay: Reed and Pastore, the parallels

7:03 PM Mon, May 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Scott MacKay    Email

That U.S. Sen. Jack Reed is indeed the "Irish Pastore" was on display once again yesterday at Reed's annual family breakfast at Rhodes-on-the-Pawtuxet banquet hall in his native Cranston. The reference, of course, is to the late Sen. John O.......

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Rep. Ucci wants term limits for General Assembly

7:55 AM Mon, May 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Peter Phipps    Email

Rep. Stephen R. Ucci, D-Johnston, has proposed that General Assembly members be limited to three terms and that the length of a legislative term be doubled, to four years. “Longer, four-year terms for lawmakers would result in more stability in......

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A small group of General Assembly members are paying for some of their health insurance

7:54 AM Mon, May 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Peter Phipps    Email

The public spotlight placed on their free health-care benefits has prompted several more state lawmakers to offer to pay 10 percent of the cost of the premiums costing up to $16,233 a year for family coverage. In recent days, Senate......

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Jane Hayward told she needs to be vigilant about potential conflicts

7:45 AM Mon, May 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Peter Phipps    Email

Before getting too comfortable in her new job, Jane Hayward, former health and human services secretary, decided to check in with the state Ethics Commission. On April 3, Hayward asked the commission what she can and cannot do — under......

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Republican Loughlin considering Kennedy challenge

7:45 AM Mon, May 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Peter Phipps    Email

Rep. John Loughlin, a Tiverton Republican, told Political Scene last week that he is considering whether to challenge U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy in November. “It has not been ruled in or ruled out at this point,” said Loughlin, 49,......

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Republicans embrace Operation Clean Government

7:30 AM Mon, May 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Peter Phipps    Email

The citizens-advocacy group Operation Clean Government has a new best friend. Who? The state Republican Party, which issued an e-mail under its own e-Pluribus banner last week reminding one and all of OCG’s “Second Annual Forum.” And why would the......

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