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May 17, 2009 - May 23, 2009 Archives
5:11 PM Fri, May 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg  Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - With time running out on the 2009 legislative session, Governor Carcieri is dropping hints that he will begin making nominations next week to the seven openings on the state court bench -- including the top spot on......
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1:15 PM Fri, May 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg State House House PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Atty. Gen. Patrick C. Lynch chose a radio talkshow, hosted by one of Rhode Island's most famous convicted felons, to announce that he intends to be on the ballot next year......
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5:28 PM Thu, May 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) -- A Richmond, R.I., lawmaker says he'll donate $100 to charity for every second former President George W. Bush withstands waterboarding, an interrogation technique his administration used on some terror suspects. Rep. Rod Driver, a Democrat, also......
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4:11 PM Thu, May 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Journal State House Bureau As the same-sex marriage debate in Rhode Island heats up in the wake of passage in nearly every other New England state, political observers have speculated that money and resources from gay marriage......
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6:24 PM Wed, May 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Asserting that no vote is required, General Assembly leaders paved the way Wednesday for the July payment of 2.5 percent raises to all of their staffers, despite House Minority Leader Robert Watson's observations about economic realities......
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5:11 PM Wed, May 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A legislative leadership panel chaired by House Speaker William J. Murphy voted behind closed doors on Wednesday to reimburse former Speaker John B. Harwood $25,540 in legal fees he says he paid fighting an ethics complaint in......
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2:36 PM Wed, May 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Senate has postponed a scheduled vote Wednesday to confirm Gary Alexander as the chief of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services. President of the Senate M. Teresa Paiva Weed said: "We are working......
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5:43 PM Tue, May 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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The full House of Representatives this evening approved a bill that would relax the state's boxing rules. Rhode Island is the only state that still imposes a "three-knockdown" rule, which ends the bout if a fighter is knocked down three......
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4:23 PM Tue, May 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- More than two months have gone by since a pension study commission appointed by House Speaker William J. Murphy took a series of votes aimed at creating a new - and for taxpayers, significantly less expensive -......
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4:05 PM Tue, May 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- After a five-month delay, a postponed disciplinary hearing by the Department of Health into a dozen alleged violations by a pharmacy owned by state Sen. Leo Blais, R-Coventry, is back on the docket for mid June. A......
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3:55 PM Tue, May 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
Wondering where to find your legislative leaders Thursday night? Skip the State House and try McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket. For the third year running, House Speaker William J. Murphy and Majority Leader Gordon D. Fox will host a "Barbecue and......
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12:36 PM Tue, May 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Vice President Joseph R. Biden will attend the U.S. Conference of Mayors Annual Meeting, which is being held for the first time in Rhode Island in June, according to conference spokeswoman Elena Temple. Mayor David N. Cicilline,......
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5:42 PM Mon, May 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
Governor Carcieri announced Monday afternoon that he will impose a one-day pay cut for many state employees, to help close the state's $70 million deficit for the year that ends June 30. The state budget office estimates the one-day pay......
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3:30 PM Mon, May 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- At one of its rare public meetings, a legislative leadership panel chaired by House Speaker William J. Murphy will decide this week whether to extend to General Assembly employees the same 2.5 percent raises promised most other......
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10:47 AM Sun, May 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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BY KATHERINE GREGG Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, RI - So where does the AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer George Nee, the top organized labor lobbyist at the Rhode Island State House, go when he wants political advice? The answer, as he will......
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10:39 AM Sun, May 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By STEVE PEOPLES Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, RI - The governor's office announced last week the "re-launch" of Rhode Island state government's Web site, RI.gov. We spoke to the private company that manages the site to get the new......
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10:25 AM Sun, May 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, RI -- Mayor David N. Cicilline, making a rare appearance on the local media circuit, called the lawsuit filed by former Tax Collector Robert P. Ceprano last week a conspiracy by supporters of......
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