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May 24, 2009 - May 30, 2009 Archives
5:36 PM Fri, May 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg  Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Sen. John J. Tassoni, a business agent for Rhode Island's largest public employees union, has parted ways with his employer: Council 94, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees. Tassoni, who has thrown his name......
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5:30 PM Fri, May 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
Ever wonder who killed a certain State House bill, or how it is a proposal came to breathe its last? Don't bother looking. You won't find the answer. Savvy internet surfers know that while member-by-member lists of legislative floor votes......
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4:18 PM Fri, May 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed has filed legislation to overhaul the state Economic Development Corporation, after a review panel criticized the agency as ineffective and in need of fresh leadership. The bill, submitted on Wednesday, would expand the agency's......
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12:56 PM Fri, May 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Comparing the potential security threat from "a few key strokes on a computer" to the danger of terrorist bombings, President Obama announced Friday that he will create a White House Cybersecurity......
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9:06 AM Fri, May 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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Providence Journal photographer Connie Grosch has taken innumerable photos of the R.I. General Assembly at work. Yet she always manages to come up with a fresh angle. This time, it's from the floor, as she focuses her lens on......
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8:10 PM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- House lawmakers have approved legislation that could make Rhode Island the ninth state requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, a move supporters say could prevent voter fraud and strengthen the election process. Critics believe......
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3:06 PM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Until now it has been a hypothetical question posed by one political junkie to another: who in Rhode Island would be willing to open their wallets to an independent candidate for governor, and specifically Republican-turned independent Lincoln......
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5:10 PM Wed, May 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, RI -- Former Republican Attorney General Arlene Violet says she has been wooed by activists within the state GOP and the fledgling Moderate Party of Rhode Island to run for governor on their tickets. Violet said she had......
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4:18 PM Wed, May 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
ABC World News visited Rhode Island Wednesday for a special segment on the federal stimulus package, which took effect 100 days ago. Governor Carcieri, who was initially critical of the massive federal spending plan, was interviewed for the segment this......
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3:12 PM Wed, May 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
Mark Zaccaria is hoping the Red Sox can help him become a United States congressman. Zaccaria, a North Kingstown Republican who was soundly defeated by Democratic incumbent Jim Langevin last November, knows he needs more money to compete in 2010.......
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12:45 PM Wed, May 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
A just released poll from Brown University shows solid support for same-sex marriage in Rhode Island, with 60 percent in favor of such unions and 31 percent opposed. A larger majority -- 75 percent of respondents--said they would favor a......
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12:39 PM Wed, May 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Defense lawyer, two-term Smithfield Councilman and former Jamestown police officer Stephen R. Archambault has become the first anounced candidate for attorney general in 2010. In a statement released Wednesday morning, Democrat Archambault, 43, said: "I am......
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11:45 AM Wed, May 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
The organizers of last month's State House rally to fight government spending are at it again. Trying to build on the momentum from a demonstration that drew an estimated 2,000 people to Smith Hill on April 15, the Tea Party......
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10:32 AM Wed, May 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Even if the legislature fails to act, the Carcieri administration has assured the owners of the Twin River greyhound track and slot parlor that it will allow overnight gambling to continue beyond the current June 30 deadline.......
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8:00 AM Wed, May 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE - Key senators have given the green light for the stalled nomination of Gary Alexander as the state's health and human services secretary to move forward. As of late Tuesday, a date had not yet been set for the......
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3:15 PM Tue, May 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Defense lawyer, two-term Smithfield councilman and former Jamestown police officer Stephen R. Archambault is poised to announce his Democratic candidacy for attorney general on Wednesday. Rounding out his resume: the former Smithfield council president grew up on......
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11:57 AM Tue, May 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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Dr. Phil Brown, left, professor of sociology and environmental studies at Brown University, speaks during the protests by environmental groups outside the Pawtucket office of lobbyist Robert Goldberg Tuesday. Providence Journal photo / Mary Murphy By Gina Macris and Mike......
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6:00 AM Mon, May 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- On a day when the House Finance Committee debated the future of Rhode Island taxes and the Senate grappled with questions of same-sex marriage, where did the rest of your lawmakers sneak off to Thursday after a......
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6:00 AM Mon, May 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Carcieri has run up a potential $589,218 deficit in his own budget. The deficit came to light in a quarterly spending report issued by the state budget office on......
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