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January 4, 2009 - January 10, 2009 Archives
3:27 PM Fri, Jan 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham  Email
More than three hours after the start of today's hearing on the governor's plan to overhaul Rhode Island's Medicaid system, members of the House Finance Committee continue to grill state human services officials about the particulars of the plan. On......
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4:30 PM Thu, Jan 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
It turns out taxpayers will pay for the televised speech last night in which Governor Carcieri outlined his plans for raising new revenues and cutting state spending to plug a potential $357 million current-year deficit. Spokeswoman Amy Kempe said......
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3:03 PM Thu, Jan 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's prospective Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Daschle, won strong support from key senators today as he pledged a bipartisan effort ``to marshal the talent and energy necessary to at last succeed in making......
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1:40 PM Thu, Jan 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
The House Finance Committee will meet Tuesday, Jan. 13 to review Governor Carcieri's mid-year budget repair plan, unveiled yesterday. House spokesman Larry Berman confirmed this afternoon that the committee will begin working through the proposal sometime Tuesday afternoon, though the......
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12:42 PM Thu, Jan 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
Most years, it is an honor to be named to the House Finance Committee, the 16-member body responsible for crafting the state's budget. This year, that honor is dubious at best. As they struggle to fix the state's crippling budget......
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12:22 PM Thu, Jan 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Jack Reed and several colleagues have canceled plans to travel to southwest Asia this week with vice president-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. Reed said this afternoon that most of the senators planning to participate in the bipartisan......
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8:07 PM Wed, Jan 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg and Cynthia Needham Journal Staff Writers Text of the Governor's speech PROVIDENCE - A cigarette tax hike, more than $74 million in municipal and education aid cuts and a rollback in pension benefits for state workers and......
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7:32 PM Wed, Jan 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
Good evening, my fellow Rhode Islanders. Tonight, I've taken the unprecedented step of speaking to you directly, because we are facing extraordinary circumstances. The New Year has arrived in the midst of great uncertainty and heightened anxiety. A growing number......
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6:02 PM Wed, Jan 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Governor Carcieri's presentation tonight of his plan to grapple with Rhode Island's $357 million current-year budget deficit can be seen and heard by the public as it happens. It's slated to air on Channels 6, 10 and 12......
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5:26 PM Wed, Jan 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
Representatives Patrick Kennedy and Jim Langevin have added their voices to this week's tributes to the late Sen. Claiborne Pell. The Rhode Island Democrats spoke today on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. Langevin called Pell "a friend......
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5:11 PM Wed, Jan 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Governor Carcieri's presentation tonight of his plan to grapple with Rhode Island's $357 million current-year budget deficit can be seen and heard by the public as it happens. It's slated to air on Channels 6, 10 and 12......
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9:34 AM Wed, Jan 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama has been roundly criticized for his reported selection of Leon E. Panetta to head the Central Intelligence Agency, but one of the senators in charge of studying his fitness for the job, Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse......
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8:56 AM Wed, Jan 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- With regional and partisan variations, the scene was played out in dozens of rooms around the Capitol yesterday: the proud lawmaker, freshly sworn in as a member of the 111th Congress, receiving droves of constituents, colleagues and political......
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5:13 PM Tue, Jan 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- William Murphy has just been elected to his fourth term as speaker of the R.I. House of Representatives, as the General Assembly begins its new session today. Murphy, of West Warwick, got the loyal backing of his party,......
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3:33 PM Tue, Jan 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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Senators and Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse this afternoon planned to pay tribute to the late former Senator Claiborne Pell from the floor of the U.S. Senate, according to Whitehouse's office. The tribute may be carried on CSPAN2. An exact......
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3:10 PM Tue, Jan 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- With the traditional pomp and circumstance, the hails and farewells, Rhode Island's newly re-elected Sen. Jack Reed and Representatives Patrick J. Kennedy and James R. Langevin were sworn in this afternoon......
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2:49 PM Tue, Jan 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
By Maria Armental Projo.com staff writer WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., is returning to the House Armed Services Committee this session and taking a leave of absence from the Homeland Security Committee, his office announced in a press......
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1:27 PM Tue, Jan 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Journal photo/ Sandor Bodo A portrait of the late U.S. Sen. Claiborne Pell, who died New Year's Day, is on display in the rotunda of the Rhode Island State House through Monday, Jan. 12. The public is invited to......
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10:42 AM Tue, Jan 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- For those Rhode Islanders with enough luck (or pull) to be invited, Union Station is the place to be two weeks from tonight. President Obama, newly sworn in, will greet the Ocean State contingent -- plus a......
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8:27 AM Tue, Jan 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE -- The Rhode Island General Assembly will convene at 4 p.m. today to start a new session. Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis will deliver the oath of office in separate ceremonies in the Senate and the House, swearing......
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6:52 PM Mon, Jan 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Nuala Pell receives the American flag at the burial of her husband, former U.S. Sen. Claiborne Pell, today, at St. Columba's Cemetery in Middletown, R.I. See more scenes from today's funeral services via this......
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6:06 PM Mon, Jan 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
The Rhode Island Senate will pause during its opening-day ceremony tomorrow to commemorate "50 years of continuous service'' by former Sen. John F. McBurney Jr. and his son, John F. McBurney III, D-Pawtucket, who has outlasted so many colleagues that......
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2:46 PM Mon, Jan 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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NEWPORT -- Former President Bill Clinton, Vice President-elect Joseph Biden, U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and U.S. Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island led the parade of politicians who turned out today for the funeral of former U.S. Sen.......
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12:37 PM Mon, Jan 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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CRANSTON -- The state's third-largest city will swear in a new mayor tonight, passing the executive office reins from Democrat Michael T. Napolitano to Republican Allan W. Fung. When he is sworn in, Fung will become the first Asian-American mayor......
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11:15 AM Mon, Jan 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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Projo.com is providing constant, live coverage today of the funeral of former U.S. Sen. Claiborne Pell. Services for the longtime Rhode Island Democrat are being held in his home of Newport, at Trinity Church. Among the dignitaries: Former President Bill......
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