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Beardsley pays visit to Cranston council
By Randal Edgar Journal staff writer Amid the swarm of people at Cranston's City Council meeting last week was one person more often seen at the State House. Dan Beardsley, executive director of the Rhode Island League of Cities and...
January 30, 2009 1:04 pm
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Former Representative Anguilla hired for House job
PROVIDENCE, RI -- Former Rep. Fausto C. Anguilla, D-Bristol, has been hired as the new House policy director, starting Februrary 2. A Georgetown University-educated lawyer, Anguilla did not seek reelection after a 2001-06 stint in the House where he played...
January 30, 2009 12:15 pm
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Providence mayor invited to White House
By Thomas J. Morgan Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE - Mayor David N. Cicilline has been invited to the White House tomorrow by President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden as the Obama administration launches a new initiative designed to...
January 29, 2009 5:55 pm
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Westerly's Algiere reelected Senate minority leader
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Senate finally has a minority leader. The tiny Senate Republican bloc settled its two-to-two standoff and today reelected Sen. Dennis Algiere, R-Westerly, to a seventh term in the post. Algiere won after his opponent, Sen. Leo...
January 29, 2009 5:11 pm
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Rep. Kennedy joins powerful government oversight committee
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy has picked up a new assignment on a House panel with a long history of newsworthy investigative hearings. Kennedy is among 23 Democrats who will serve on the House Committee on Oversight and Government...
January 29, 2009 10:20 am
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Carcieri speaks out against abortion
By Steve Peoples Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, RI -- Governor Carcieri made an unscheduled appearance at an anti-abortion rally in the State House rotunda this afternoon. "Let me encourage everything you're doing. Don't give up. Don't give up," Carcieri...
January 27, 2009 4:18 pm
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Zaccaria already gearing up for 2010 race for Langevin's seat
Mark Zaccaria sees 2008 as "a learning experience." The Republican candidate for Jim Langevin's Second Congressional District seat earned just 29.9 percent of the vote in November's election. But Zaccaria, the former corporate exective from North Kingstown, has already announced...
January 27, 2009 3:09 pm
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RI could rehire retirees to process unemployment claims
BY KATHY GREGG Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- With the state facing a huge backlog of unemployment-benefit claims, legislative leaders have agreed to fast-track legislation allowing the state's Department of Labor & Training to rehire some of its...
January 27, 2009 3:00 pm
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Cranston Mayor Fung names leadership team
CRANSTON, RI -- The city's new mayor faces big challenges as he settles in and tries to balance the city budget, but he can claim one accomplishment: he has the leadership team he wants. Last night, three weeks to the...
January 27, 2009 12:40 pm
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Reed: Obama team should consider creating 'bad bank'
WASHINGTON -- The government should consider creating a "bad bank" to help ailing private banks to get rid of bad assets so that they can recover, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, D-RI, said this morning. "The bad bank is something we...
January 27, 2009 12:13 pm
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GOP Rep. Trillo considering 2010 run for governor
Rep. Joseph Trillo is considering a run for governor in 2010. The Warwick Republican confirmed in an interview today that he is putting together an exploratory committee to investigate the idea. Reports of the run first surfaced on the political...
January 26, 2009 6:26 pm
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R.I. officials praise Obama action on auto emission standards
By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON _ President Obama won bipartisan praise today from Rhode Island officials for opening the door to state-level rules on automobile pollution that go further than federal standards. Democrats took the opportunity...
January 26, 2009 5:55 pm
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Bliss returns to City Hall
By Phil Marcelo Gary Bliss, Mayor Cicilline's former policy director, is back on the city payroll. Bliss returned about two months ago after leaving his post as policy director earlier in the year, the mayor's chief of administration, Richard...
January 26, 2009 1:29 pm
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Langevin named to House Committee on the Budget
News staff Rep. James R. Langevin's office last week announced news suggesting that the Rhode Island Democrats status in the House of Representatives may be improving. Rhode Island's junior congressman was among the least influential members of the House of...
January 26, 2009 1:26 pm
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Labor critic named to House Labor Committee
By Steve Peoples Among the flurry of changes on Smith Hill this month, one in particular caught our attention. Rep. Douglas Gablinske, the second-term Bristol Democrat largely known for anti-labor views, has been assigned to the House Labor Committee. Labor...
January 26, 2009 1:23 pm
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Reed, in speech, will seek 'top-to-bottom' review of SEC
WASHINGTON _ Sen. Jack Reed will seek what his office calls ``a top-to-bottom review'' of the Securities and Exchange Commission tomorrow in a speech that proposes changes in the regulation of financial services industry. Reed, a senior member of the...
January 26, 2009 12:17 pm
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