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June 23, 2008 Archives

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Longtime legislator Revens won't run again

6:59 PM Mon, Jun 23, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McKinney    Email

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......

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With documentary's showing, Kennedy praises his uncle

6:04 PM Mon, Jun 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Susan Areson    Email

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......

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Reporters on videotape, take two

4:28 PM Mon, Jun 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Susan Areson    Email

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......

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Rep. Langevin makes run for fifth term official

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By Andrea Panciera    Email

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......

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Running for office in R.I.? Make it official by Wednesday

2:12 PM Mon, Jun 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

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......

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Reed, Frank help push housing market rescue bill

12:17 PM Mon, Jun 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

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......

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State still paying $2,000 a month for vacant D.C. office

9:31 AM Mon, Jun 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

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......

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