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October 26, 2008 - November 1, 2008 Archives
6:52 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Hill Journal staff writer Well, it looks like the first return for the presidential election is in, and Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau is calling the election for Barack Obama. In a strip sent to newspapers and set to......
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1:32 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
Here by popular demand is an updated list of state lawmakers getting free health, dental and vision care coverage at a cost to taxpayers of $6,247 for each individual plan, $17,454 for each family package. The number has shrunk dramatically......
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1:22 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
Rhode Island's part-time lawmakers have gotten an automatic 4.3 percent raise. Without announcement, fanfare or vote, the salaries of rank-and-file lawmakers went from $13,508 to $14,089 annually on July 1. The House Speaker and Senate president get twice that. The......
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4:57 PM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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Catherine O'Brien, 86, of Pawtucket, holds her election official pin that she recieved after attending a class for poll workers. Watch the video O'Brien will be working at the polls this Tuesday, as she has for 20 years. Providence Journal......
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4:01 PM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
Rhode Island's U.S. attorney has appointed the federal officer who will oversee handling of election fraud complaints and voting rights abuses in consultation with the Justice Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Terrence P. Donnelly will serve as federal district election officer......
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5:37 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
One-time presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee will be in Rhode Island tomorrow night speaking at Brown University. Huckabee, will deliver what Brown is calling "a behind-the-scenes perspective on his primary run and the upcoming Presidential election in......
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4:29 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE -- The Carcieri administration has given its chief of legal services, Louis DeQuattro, a new title and a $33,183 raise. In response to inquiries, the state personnel office acknowledged DeQuattro's promotion to associate director of administration / purchasing agent,......
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4:11 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis will appear on CNN Radio to talk about how Rhode Island is preparing for what could be a record voter turnout in next week's presidential elections. Recorded by phone this morning, the interview could......
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3:48 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
PROVIDENCE -- Cheryl Russell sat alone in a folding chair on the State House's front steps this afternoon, bundled up in a parka and fleece blanket. Despite a stiff late-October breeze, she said she wasn't cold. "I really don't feel......
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12:59 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
U.S. Rep. James Langevin carved out time to tape a joint appearance with Mark Zaccaria, his Republican challenger in the Second Congressional District, on WJAR-Channel 10's Sunday morning Political Roundtable. It aired last weekend. But Rhode Island's First District Congressman......
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6:16 PM Tue, Oct 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
One week from today, more than half a million Rhode Islanders could flood the polls, breaking all previous voting records. And that could spell big problems. To help disperse the expected crowds and ward off potential snags, Secretary of State......
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1:14 PM Tue, Oct 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Susan Areson Email
By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has joined former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in calling for better health care through computer technology. In an opinion essay published in today's Washington Times, the bipartisan pair......
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2:45 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg State House bureau PROVIDENCE - A dozen Republican candidates for state and federal offices gathered outside the State House today to talk about what they would do to reverse the state's "atrocious'' highest-in-the-nation unemployment rate. Jonathan Scott,......
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1:15 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
PROVIDENCE -- If there was any good news to come out of the State House this morning, it's that Rhode Island isn't the only New England state in recession. "Misery loves company. And Rhode Island has plenty of it," said......
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