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March 22, 2009 - March 28, 2009 Archives


McWalters' party invitations financed by taxpayers?

12:49 PM Fri, Mar 27, 2009 | | Comments (2)
By Steve Peoples    Email

We were pleased this week to receive an invitation to a May 7 retirement party for Peter N. McWalters, commissioner of elementary and secondary education. Of course, we weren't officially on the guest list, but the formal invitation was passed......

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Oops. What's the Senate president's name?

12:43 PM Fri, Mar 27, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Steve Peoples    Email

PROVIDENCE, RI -- We briefly attended the party inside the State House's ornate State Room Thursday night where politicians joined parents and their children for a special celebration of Greek Independence Day. The host, of course, was state Sen. Leonidas......

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House leaders won't reveal budget plan until hearing

11:39 AM Fri, Mar 27, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Katherine Gregg    Email

PROVIDENCE, RI -- With two hours, the Democrat-controlled House Finance Committee is scheduled to start voting on a version of the budget-repair bill that Republican Gov. Carcieri proposed in January to avert a $357 million deficit this year. But House......

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Cicilline pick for Plan Commission draws fire

6:09 PM Wed, Mar 25, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Philip Marcelo    Email

PROVIDENCE, RI -- Mayor David N. Cicilline's appointment of Meredyth C. Church to the city Plan Commission has drawn fire from community activists who cite it as further evidence that the administration is taking a "pro-gentrification" stance. Church is director......

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R.I. Senate passes bill on U.S. Senate vacancies

5:06 PM Wed, Mar 25, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Katherine Gregg    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Senate has now approved its version of a bill to strip the governor of his power to appoint a replacement for a U.S. Senator who dies or leaves office for any other reason in mid-term, and......

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House committee could vote Friday on budget

11:18 AM Wed, Mar 25, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Katherine Gregg    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The House budget-writing committee has posted notice of a likely vote on Friday on its own version of Governor Carcieri's proposal for averting a potential $357 million deficit this year. Shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday morning,......

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Police investigate burglary of House majority leader's office

1:08 PM Tue, Mar 24, 2009 | | Write a comment
By News staff    Email

By Steve Peoples Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Capitol Police are investigating a break-in in the office of House Majority Leader Gordon D. Fox. Sgt. Joseph Habershaw confirmed today that a break-in has been reported in Fox's......

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Legislators to debate bills on erasing criminal records

5:28 PM Mon, Mar 23, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Katherine Gregg    Email

PROVIDENCE, RI -- The annual State House debate over the erasure of criminal records resumes this week with a new entry: a bill to ban employers and state licensing authorities from denying jobs "by reason of the applicant's having been......

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Moderate Party takes on "entrenched powers" in new ad

1:08 PM Mon, Mar 23, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Steve Peoples    Email

The fight has moved to the airwaves. Kenneth Block, already challenging the state's ballot-access laws in a federal lawsuit, will begin pushing his Moderate Party's message on radio stations across the state Tuesday. "There's very little that's good about these......

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