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Longtime legislator Revens won't run again
WARWICK -- Sen. John C. Revens Jr., a Warwick Democrat who began his State House career as a House page in 1965 and then won his own first legislative election in 1968 while a Providence College junior, announced today that...
June 23, 2008 6:59 pm
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With documentary's showing, Kennedy praises his uncle
WASHINGTON – Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy plans tonight to introduce a documentary film about a politician whose performance in a memorable campaign made it clear, in the congressman’s words, that he was not "not just reading off a set of...
June 23, 2008 6:04 pm
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Reporters on videotape, take two
Some of the unanswered questions about Governor Carcieri’s new penchant for videotaping the State House press corps have been answered. For those who missed the first chapter: Carcieri’s office asked a state employee to videotape reporters as they asked questions...
June 23, 2008 4:28 pm
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Rep. Langevin makes run for fifth term official
It’s official: Democratic Rep. James R. Langevin will stand for reelection. Langevin filed today with the Secretary of State’s Office (which he occupied before he came to Washington) to run for a fifth term as representative of Rhode Island’s Second...
June 23, 2008 3:12 pm
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Running for office in R.I.? Make it official by Wednesday
Rhode Islanders who intend to run for office have until Wednesday to make it official. Candidates for federal office must file declarations of candidacy with Secretary of State Ralph Mollis at the Elections Division, 148 West River St., Providence, Mollis's...
June 23, 2008 2:12 pm
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Reed, Frank help push housing market rescue bill
WASHINGTON -- Despite a veto threat from President Bush, the Senate is prepared to press ahead this week with a sweeping rescue of the housing market that could protect hundreds of thousands from foreclosure. With Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., in...
June 23, 2008 12:17 pm
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State still paying $2,000 a month for vacant D.C. office
State government may be awash in red ink, but Rhode Island taxpayers are still paying the rent on an empty office in Washington, D.C., that was once occupied by Governor Carcieri’s Capitol Hill lobbyist, a position that has been vacant...
June 23, 2008 9:31 am
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