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October 12, 2008 - October 18, 2008 Archives
7:07 PM Fri, Oct 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera  Email
By Steve Peoples Journal State House bureau PROVIDENCE -- Thousands of rank-and-file union members will vote next week on a four-year contract that will increase their health care costs, delay pay increases in the first year, and boost co-pays for......
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6:30 PM Fri, Oct 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
PROVIDENCE -- Governor Carcieri is scheduled to meet on Monday with Aziz Mekouar, Morocco's ambassador to the United States. The governor's scheduled shows him meeting with the ambassador between 1:30 and 2 p.m. The ambassador is also scheduled to speak......
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5:33 PM Fri, Oct 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
PROVIDENCE -- The governor's office has confirmed that a private consulting firm is working with state officials on plans to transform Rhode Island's Medicaid system. The Lucas Group, which has offices in Boston and Toronto, is working on the state's......
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4:10 PM Fri, Oct 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
Republican Governor Carcieri is all over the airwaves as the voice -- or financial sponsor -- of paid radio ads lamenting the state's political status quo and putting the "blame for the state of our state'' squarely on the shoulders......
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3:41 PM Fri, Oct 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
The governor's spokeswoman Amy Kempe couldn't help noticing a troubling television commercial during the breaks of last night's Red Sox game. "Vote NO on Question 1. It's a reckless idea," read the words flashing across the screen. The advertisement --......
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3:26 PM Fri, Oct 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
Ellen Nelson, the former director of the state Department of Mental Health, Retardation & Hospitals, has left the state payroll after a stint as special adviser to the governor on hospital mergers and acquisitions. In an interview, Nelson confirmed that......
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2:42 PM Fri, Oct 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
For the second time this month, the General Assembly has hired the relative of an elected official. Margaret Shanley, the daughter of outgoing Rep. John P. Shanley, Jr. D-South Kingstown, is now working for Capitol TV, the Legislative-run television station.......
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5:49 PM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
The Rhode Island Supreme Court has denied state Sen. Stephen D. Alves' request for an appeal of his Democratic primary loss, ending his quest for a new election and cementing Michael J. Pinga as the winner, according to Alves' lawyer.......
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12:31 PM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
By Philip Marcelo Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- David Anderson, a Republican candidate for state representative, has filed a report with police alleging thefts of his campaign signs along Hope Street, his campaign announced today. Anderson, who is running for......
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9:56 AM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Journal photo/ Bill Murphy Actor Martin Sheen (right) greets workers at UPS in Warwick, as he campaigns for U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (center) this morning. Kennedy, D-R.I., faces a challenge from Republican Jonathan Scott in the November election.......
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8:30 AM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- A prominent gun control organization has endorsed Sen. Jack Reed for reelection. Reed, D-R.I., won praise from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence -- named for Jim Brady, the onetime press secretary to Ronald Reagan who suffered......
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8:02 AM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
Election Day is still almost three weeks off, but the congressional post-season is already underway, with lobbying groups and commentators passing out garlands to favored legislators. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., can point this week to applause for his work on......
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4:24 PM Wed, Oct 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
LACONIA, N.H. -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, this afternoon drew similarities between residents of her state and New Hampshire, from moose hunting to dog sledding, as she appealed to voters here three weeks before Election......
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2:23 PM Wed, Oct 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
AP photo / Jim Cole Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin strides onto the stage for a campaign event in Dover, N.H., today. LACONIA, N.H. -- The tourists and motorcycle ralliers are gone with the summer, but a crowd......
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12:25 PM Wed, Oct 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
AP photo A member of the media works in the filing center yesterday at the site of the presidential debate tonight at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. Want to watch tonight's presidential debate around the politically savvy? You could......
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9:00 AM Wed, Oct 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
Having once played a Kennedy on TV, actor Martin Sheen is headed to Rhode Island on Thursday to stump for one. U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy's office has confirmed that Sheen, a Democratic Party activist, will accompany the 1st District congressman......
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8:50 AM Wed, Oct 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
A frequent guest on local talk radio, Governor Carcieri is now the on-air radio voice for the advocacy group, TransformRI. In a radio ad paid for by TransformRI, the term-limited Republican governor can be heard this week talking about unnamed......
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8:41 AM Wed, Oct 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
By Cynthia Needham Journal staff writer It could be a fiery morning at the University of Rhode Island. The school is set to launch its new Homeland Security Center of Excellence in Explosives Detection, Mitigation, Response and Characterization. Try saying......
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4:27 PM Tue, Oct 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
Rhode Island found itself in the national spotlight last night, for better or worse. The Ocean State was featured on ABC News as part of the ongoing segment "50 States in 50 Days," which used the state as a cautionary......
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2:29 PM Tue, Oct 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
Rhode Island native Brendan V. Sullivan Jr., one of Washington's best-known criminal lawyers, is back in the news. Sullivan, who became nationally famous during the Iran-Contra congressional hearings a generation ago, is making headlines as a lawyer in a high-profile......
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1:30 PM Tue, Oct 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
The League of Women Voters will host a candidates' forum in West Warwick tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the West Warwick High School Auditorium. The forum will allow the audience to submit questions before the forum for candidates and allow......
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1:30 PM Tue, Oct 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
The League of Women Voters will host a candidates' forum in West Warwick tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the West Warwick High School Auditorium. The forum will allow the audience to submit questions before the forum for candidates and allow......
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