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Radio host off the air after Kennedy remark

8:51 AM Wed, May 28, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh-area sports radio host Mark Madden has been permanently taken off the air by ESPN. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette quoted Madden as saying that he had hoped Sen. Edward Kennedy “would live long enough to be assassinated.” The Massachusetts......

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Critic of governor quits top union post

9:31 AM Tue, May 27, 2008 | | Comments (3)
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

A labor union president who made headlines criticizing the Carcieri administration earlier in the year has resigned from the post. Thomas J. Fitzpatrick, then president of Local 314, which represents workers at the state Training School for Youth, told The......

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Assembly in home stretch

9:31 AM Tue, May 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

The end is in sight. The General Assembly typically recesses each session before July 4 –– and has been known to leave even earlier in election years, such as this one. That means the next five weeks will be busy.......

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Capitol rotunda is ‘in’

9:30 AM Tue, May 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

It might as well be the hottest restaurant in town. The State House rotunda, one of Rhode Island’s most prized landmarks, is also a wildly popular one apparently. Anyone interested in booking the area for a rally or a few......

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Sandra Lynch heads 1st Circuit Court of Appeals

9:29 AM Tue, May 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

On June 16, Sandra L. Lynch will become the first woman to head the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which sits in Boston and whose jurisdiction includes Rhode Island. Lynch, 61, of Boston, will succeed Judge Michael Boudin as......

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Smoke-filled room?

9:29 AM Tue, May 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

The General Assembly fundraising season is in full swing these nights as lawmakers fill their campaign coffers in the runup to the September primaries and the November general elections. Sen. Josh Miller, D-Cranston, scheduled a time last Tuesday at 6:30......

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Dems’ official blogger

9:27 AM Tue, May 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Rhode Island’s liberal blogosphere will be represented at the Democratic National Convention in Denver this August. Matthew Jerzyk, founder of RIFuture.org, has been chosen by the Democratic National Committee to be the state’s official party blogger at the confab. The......

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In R.I., female legislators are comparatively scarce

9:24 AM Tue, May 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

And in case you missed it last week … The latest numbers on women in state legislatures are out, and Rhode Island doesn’t stack up very well against its New England neighbors in female political success. The rankings, compiled annually......

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