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September 7, 2008 - September 13, 2008 Archives
3:33 PM Fri, Sep 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau  Email
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse will lead a car caravan of Rhode Islanders to volunteer in New Hampshire this weekend for Barack Obama's presidential campaign. The group will depart from Hope High School on Sunday at 9 a.m. After a speech by......
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1:35 PM Fri, Sep 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Susan Areson Email
By Edward Fitzpatrick Journal Staff Writer The Rhode Island Association for Justice plans to give its Citizen of the Year Award to U.S. Sen. Jack Reed today. The group, formerly known as the Rhode Island Trial Lawyers Association, is having......
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11:25 AM Fri, Sep 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
Rhode Island House Speaker William J. Murphy is hosting a gathering of his counterparts from across the country at a National Speakers Conference here next week. According to the summer edition of the National Speakers Conference newsletter, "36 speakers and......
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10:30 AM Fri, Sep 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By News staff Email
In The Journal newsroom, retiring Journal political columnist M. Charles Bakst watches Senator Whitehouse's tribute from the floor of the U.S. Senate. U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., paid tribute this morning on the floor of the U.S. Senate to Journal......
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6:33 PM Thu, Sep 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
Rep. Jim Langevin today warned a House panel that the nation's electrical power system is vulnerable to attack through computers. Langevin, chairman of a subcommittee of the Homeland Security Committee, told colleagues on another panel that legislation is needed "to......
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4:28 PM Thu, Sep 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
PROVIDENCE -- Five third-party presidential candidates tomorrow will learn the order in which their names will appear on Rhode Island's Nov. 4 ballot. A public lottery will be held at 5 p.m. at the State House, Secretary of State Ralph......
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1:40 PM Thu, Sep 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE -- Former U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee this morning stood by his comments that Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is a "cocky whacko" and "dangerous for the country." Chafee, a former Republican turned independent, did not back down when......
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1:16 PM Thu, Sep 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
Do you or do any women you know plan on watching tonight's interview with Sarah Palin on ABC news at 6:30? If so -- and if you wouldn't mind having a reporter tag along -- please call reporter Cynthia Needham......
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12:26 PM Thu, Sep 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
Journal photo/ Kathy Borchers Donnalee Charette, whose son Mark Charette died in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and Governor Carcieri prepare to lay a wreath in front of a memorial at the State House on the seventh anniversary......
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9:34 AM Thu, Sep 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Former U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee had harsh words about Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin while addressing a Washington, D.C., public policy institute, calling Palin a "cocky whacko." And in an interview with the New America Foundation's Steven Clemons, the......
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7:10 PM Wed, Sep 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE - At 9.92 percent, Tuesday's primary-day voter turnout fell short of turnouts in recent years. In all, there were 65,965 primary votes cast out of a pool of 665,092 registered and eligible primary voters, according to Robert Kando, executive......
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6:48 PM Wed, Sep 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
Lou Dobbs wants Governor Carcieri to share his views on immigration with the nation. Again. Back in April, Rhode Island's Republican governor appeared on Dobbs' nationally-televised CNN program. The governor's office confirmed today that Dobbs wants Carcieri again -- this......
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6:46 PM Wed, Sep 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
There were several reasons why Governor Carcieri's office overspent its fiscal 2008 budget by $184,152. Cast part of the blame on a real estate transaction with Guam, according to the governor's spokeswoman, Amy Kempe. She says the governor's office had......
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6:38 PM Wed, Sep 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
As they addressed a chanting outdoor rally of thousands in northern Virginia today, John McCain and his running mate uttered nary a word about lipstick, hockey -- or even pigs. They didn't have to. For this day, at least, Democratic......
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5:27 PM Wed, Sep 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
David A. Bennett, a Warwick Democrat who appeared to narrowly lose Tuesday's primary for Senate District 31, said in a news release his campaign has requested a recount. Bob Kando, at the state Board of Elections, confirmed today that the......
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3:49 PM Wed, Sep 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Timothy S. Murphy Email
By Edward Fitzpatrick Journal staff writer The presidential candidates are hogging the headlines and slinging mud over Barack Obama's use of the phrase "You can put lipstick on a pig. It's still a pig." But here in Rhode Island, we've......
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2:42 PM Wed, Sep 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
The Crime Victims' Compensation Fund: Most Rhode Islanders have never heard of it, until tragedy strikes. Administered by the General Treasurer's office, the fund provides financial compensation to crime victims and their families for expenses such as medical bills, loss......
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1:35 PM Wed, Sep 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
By John Mulligan Journal Washington bureau FAIRFAX, Va. -- When John McCain told one of his biggest crowds of this election year that some of his decisions as president would displease some people, a pair of displaced New Englanders was......
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1:23 PM Wed, Sep 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
A recount has been scheduled for this Monday by the state Board of Elections in the tight primary race that has a newcomer apparently taking the seat from a longtime state senator from West Warwick. Senate Democrat Stephen D. Alves,......
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11:31 AM Wed, Sep 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
John Mulligan Journal Washington bureau FAIRFAX, Va. -- Thousands have gathered in a public park in this suburb of Washington, for speeches by Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Gail Palermo, of......
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7:33 AM Wed, Sep 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
FAIRFAX, Va. -- Republican presidential nominee John McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin, today will draw near the capital city they decry as ripe for reform. Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is making a strong bid to swing......
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6:19 PM Tue, Sep 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Susan Areson Email
By Richard Salit, Journal Staff Writer Three communities will be reporting their poll numbers the old-fashioned way tonight. Most cities and towns will be conveying their vote counts electronically, sending the information via phone lines to a computer system at......
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5:28 PM Tue, Sep 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
As Congress examines the bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Sen. Jack Reed has requested a review of the severance pay coming to the chief executive officers of the two mortgage giants. Reed and Sen. Chuck Schumer of New......
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4:11 PM Tue, Sep 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
The Providence chief of police will be in Washington tomorrow to testify before a Senate hearing on how to fight violent crime. Col. Dean Esserman will be among the witnesses -- also to include community leaders and experts on crime......
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7:21 PM Mon, Sep 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
Rhode Islanders vote in primaries tomorrow to choose nominees for federal, state and local offices. Eligible to vote are those who have been registered to vote in their current city or town for at least the past 30 days. Independents......
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8:39 AM Mon, Sep 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
Congress will return this week to a pre-election legislative agenda heavily influenced by the politics of the upcoming elections, which will not only select the next president but also determine the partisan makeup of the 111th Congress. There will......
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