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December 2008 Archives
11:27 AM Tue, Dec 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental  Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The new session of the Rhode Island General Assembly is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, Jan. 6, at 4 p.m. Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis will deliver the oath of office in separate ceremonies in the......
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5:25 PM Mon, Dec 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
The quiet retirement on Dec. 20 of Superior Court Special Magistrate Joseph A. Keough has left another judicial opening for Governor Carcieri and lawmakers to fill. His retirement was confirmed today by Rhode Island chief court spokesman Craig Berke. Paid......
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7:50 AM Mon, Dec 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau Here's a bright spot in the state employment picture. The Carcieri administration plans to fill 92 of the 169 vacancies in the Department of Administration that were created, in large part, by a......
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7:46 AM Mon, Dec 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau House Speaker William J. Murphy has been hit with at least one $25 fine for late filing of his recent campaign finance reports, according to longtime campaign finance administrator Hank Johnson. Johnson was......
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7:42 AM Mon, Dec 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau The political advocacy blog known as RIFuture.org is about to have a new owner: Patrick Crowley, assistant executive director of National Education Association Rhode Island. E-mailing answers to a series of questions last......
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7:38 AM Mon, Dec 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Cynthia Needham Journal State House Bureau Carcieri chum and Republican loyalist John "J. R." Pagliarini has a new job -- or at least a second job. Political Scene was surprised to see in a recent Rhode Island College newsletter sent......
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4:36 PM Tue, Dec 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- A holiday greeting from Mayor David N. Cicilline arrived in the e-mail box a few minutes ago. It's in the form of a 34-second YouTube video. You, too, can watch the mayor, seated before a wooden mantlepiece,......
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12:14 PM Mon, Dec 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Governor Carcieri will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. to help explain the 123-page "historic agreement" he announced Friday with federal officials that could fundamentally transform Rhode Island's health-care system for the elderly, poor and disabled. The......
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11:35 AM Sun, Dec 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Sheila Lennon Email
Slashdot | CSIS Cybersecurity Commission Chairman Jim Langevin Answers Your Questions Last week, we blogged an invitation to readers at programmers' news site Slashdot to ask questions of the Rhode Island congressman. His answers are at the link above. Here's......
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5:20 PM Fri, Dec 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
The governor's office announced Friday that it had finalized a "landmark" deal with federal regulators that may change Medicaid coverage of nursing homes, prescription drugs, group homes for the disabled and even transportation for the elderly. The plan has far-reaching......
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6:23 PM Thu, Dec 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch today became the state's first Democratic official to meet with President-elect Barack Obama's transition team. Lynch, who heads the National Association of Attorneys General, traveled to the nation's capitol with several of his colleagues from......
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6:12 PM Thu, Dec 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
Governor Carcieri's approval ratings may be falling, but he's still got fans. As he arrived by car at the State House today, accompanied as is usual by a state trooper, Carcieri was nearly mobbed by a fleet of teenaged girls.......
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5:59 PM Wed, Dec 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said today that his talks with U.S. military and diplomatic leaders in Iraq this week have left him optimistic that, while tens of thousands of American troops must remain in Iraq for an indefinite period......
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1:17 AM Wed, Dec 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Sheila Lennon Email
At tech news site and programmers' haven Slashdot, Robin Miller, Editor in Chief of SourceForge, which owns Slashdot, passed on an invitation from Congressman Jim Langevin's office: Slashdot | Ask Cybersecurity Commission Chairman Jim Langevin About US Cybersecurity Plans US......
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3:47 PM Tue, Dec 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
For anyone interested in how Rhode Island's part-time lawmakers earn their living, the state Ethics Commission has an early Christmas present. For the first time, the commission has posted online the latest financial disclosure statement filed by each of......
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2:29 PM Tue, Dec 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
BRISTOL -- Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy says his famous cousin is prepared for public life as she seeks a seat in the U.S. Senate. Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, the daughter of slain President John F. Kennedy, recently told political leaders......
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12:29 PM Tue, Dec 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
Governor Carcieri was born 66 years ago today. The R.I. governor's office has not issued an official schedule for Carcieri, but spokeswoman Amy Kempe reports that there are no official plans for a birthday celebration in the State House. According......
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4:00 PM Mon, Dec 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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Providence Mayor David N. Cicciline has decided to forego his annual media holiday party at his East Side home in view of the trying economic times. Instead, he will make a donation to Crossroads Rhode Island in the name of......
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3:35 PM Mon, Dec 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Connie Grosch Three of Rhode Island's four electors, plus other state officials, gather in the State House library before proceeding to the House Chamber for the vote today. From left, the electors are: Sen. Maryellen Goodwin,......
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1:53 PM Mon, Dec 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is on a fact-finding tour of the Middle East, including his second visit to Iraq, his office said today. The Rhode Island Democrat is part of a Senate delegation led by Sen. Byron Dorgan,......
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9:13 AM Thu, Dec 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- The 23 newly elected members to the Rhode Island General Assembly -- 16 in the House of Representatives and seven in the Senate -- will participate in an all-day orientation session today in the House Chamber at the......
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5:22 PM Wed, Dec 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
With school cafeterias on the path to better nutrition, educators say it's time for students to take the healthy food message home. "There's really a disconnect between what's happening in schools and what's happening at home," said Rick McAullife, a......
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7:00 AM Wed, Dec 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
PROVIDENCE -- Looking for a bit of holiday cheer? Try the State House. Throughout the month of December, the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts is sponsoring a series of seasonal concerts in the building's rotunda. Today's musical offerings......
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4:59 PM Tue, Dec 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Journal State House bureau A key informant in the federal corruption case against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is a paid lobbyist for the Providence-based GTECH Corporation. John Wyma, a longtime friend and former congressional chief of staff......
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1:36 PM Tue, Dec 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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From Chicago today comes a reminder that Rhode Island isn't the only place where top politicians have faced corruption charges: Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (pronounced bluh-GOY'-uh-vich) was arrested Tuesday on charges that he brazenly conspired to sell or trade the......
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6:00 AM Tue, Dec 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Susan Areson Email
By Steve Peoples Journal State House Bureau While the hiring of the Senate president's new chief of staff created fireworks late last week, Senate President-elect M. Teresa Paiva Weed made another high-profile hiring last week. Peter Marino, former policy director......
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6:00 AM Tue, Dec 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Susan Areson Email
By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE - In August 2007, the Carcieri administration confirmed the abrupt resignation of the second-in-command in the governor's legal office, Claire Richards. As The Journal reported at the time: "News of Richards' departure......
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12:55 PM Mon, Dec 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Attacks on computer systems are such a dire threat to national security that President Obama should create a new cyber security agency with the power to regulate the Internet and build......
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4:31 PM Fri, Dec 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
Edward O'Neill, the newcomer to state politics who knocked off R.I. Senate President Joseph Montalbano, is officially an independent. That means he gets to choose which party he caucuses with. Reached at the Senate budget briefing Thursday night, O'Neill said......
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3:49 PM Fri, Dec 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Governor Carcieri will have a State House press conference next week to unveil the details of his "Rhode Island Business Economic Stimulus Package," according to an invitation sent to business leaders this week. The event will begin Thursday......
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3:47 PM Fri, Dec 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE -- The 23 newly elected members to the Rhode Island General Assembly -- 16 in the House of Representatives and seven in the Senate -- will participate in an all-day orientation session on December 11 in the House Chamber......
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4:28 PM Thu, Dec 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
PROVIDENCE -- Presumed R.I. Senate President-elect Teresa Paiva Weed announced the appointment of two top staff members this afternoon. Former state senator Tom Coderre will serve as chief of staff to the Senate president, while former Rhode Island Public Expenditure......
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9:35 AM Thu, Dec 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Peter Phipps Email
By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington bureau The latest batch of President Richard M. Nixon's White House tapes contains an exchange that is not only topical, it also has a great Rhode Island angle. The conversation between the President and......
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1:26 PM Wed, Dec 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE - Advocates for a passle of vetoed bills gathered outside the State House today to urge legislators - again - to return before the year is out for a veto over-ride session. "We can't wait two more years for......
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12:29 PM Wed, Dec 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
PROVIDENCE -- Outgoing Senate President Joseph Montalbano won't be a member of that chamber when the new session begins next month. And neither will his legal counsel. John Flynn, who had served as Montalbano's attorney since last July, has officially......
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5:54 PM Tue, Dec 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Bob Thayer Rep. Steven M. Costantino, at right, chairman of the House Finance Committee, talks with his vice chairman, Rep. Kenneth Carter, during the hearing today. PROVIDENCE -- The House Finance Committee this afternoon grilled Governor......
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4:41 PM Tue, Dec 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Journal staff writer State Sen. Leonidas P. Raptakis, D-Coventry, said today he's not surprised that Rhode Island ranks as one of the worst states in terms of curbing drunken driving, a designation given last week by the......
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3:17 PM Tue, Dec 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House bureau PROVIDENCE -- The Carcieri administration is planning to hold a hearing tomorrow on regulations requiring state vendors and applicants for state contracts to screen new employees through a federal E-Verify program. The hearing,......
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2:44 PM Tue, Dec 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- Several members of the U.S. Supreme Court agreed with environmentalists today that it's difficult, and perhaps impermissible, to weigh the value of an environmental rule directly against its economic cost -- "a few baby clam larvae'' versus......
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1:26 PM Tue, Dec 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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AP photo / Pablo Martinez Monsivais President-elect Barack Obama, center front, speaks at the bipartisan meeting of the National Governors Association being held at Congress Hall today in Philadelphia, Pa. Among those watching: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, in red......
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9:24 AM Tue, Dec 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court this morning will hear an important environmental case that hinges on the question of whether federal officials may consider the cost to a power company of compliance with rules meant to protect fish and their......
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7:00 AM Tue, Dec 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
Less than two weeks ago, several members of the House Finance Committee launched a one-day bus tour of Rhode Island businesses to discuss economic development. The Senate may have felt left out. Several state senators, including the presumed incoming leadership......
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6:27 PM Mon, Dec 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE -- Several organizations -- including DARE, Environment RI, FairVote RI, RI Jobs with Justice and Ocean State Action -- will have a news conference at the State House on Wednesday to urge lawmakers to return for a veto override......
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5:14 PM Mon, Dec 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Connie Grosch House fiscal staffers Nobel Jeudy, right, and John-Paul Berducci, left, listen as deputy House fiscal adviser Sharon Reynolds Ferland makes her presentation the House Finance Committee today. The committee today was getting an overview......
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4:40 PM Mon, Dec 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By maria caporizzo Email
Richard M. Oster, who rose to the top of the business world as chairman of the London-based Cookson Group PLC, a multinational company, died Monday at Providence's Miriam Hospital. A resident of Barrington, he was 73. "He was a man......
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2:52 PM Mon, Dec 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy will be awarded an honorary degree from Harvard University this afternoon in an extremely rare "special convocation" expected to feature a Supreme Court justice and Joe Biden, the vice president-elect of the United States. But Kennedy's......
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12:46 PM Mon, Dec 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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Moody's Investors Service today released a detailed analysis of Rhode Island's credit outlook for the near and short term. While the treasurer's office released updated credit ratings from Moody's and other credit rating agencies last week, today's analysis offers an......
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12:17 PM Mon, Dec 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
The holiday season has arrived at the State House. All 20 feet of it. This year's state Christmas tree made its way to Smith Hill this morning, mere minutes after being cut down at Tiverton's Patchet Brook tree farm. Throughout......
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10:16 AM Mon, Dec 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau Sen. Jack Reed said yesterday that the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India call for a stronger response from Pakistan than that government has offered thus far. Speaking on the ABC News Sunday public......
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