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Governor Carcieri plans unpaid furlough days for state workers
BY STEVE PEOPLES Journal State House Bureau Governor Carcieri is meeting this afternoon with union leaders to outline a tentative cost-cutting plan that includes furlough days for state workers. The General Assembly adopted a state budget late last month that...
July 17, 2009 3:17 pm
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Montanaro to step down from R.I. AFL-CIO presidency
By Steve Peoples PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Frank J. Montarano will not seek re-election as president of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO in September, ending a reign at the powerful organized labor organization that spanned nearly two decades. The 75-year-old union leader...
July 16, 2009 6:35 pm
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A.G. Lynch travels to Las Vegas for credit group convention
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island's well-traveled attorney general was on the road again this week. Patrick Lynch was in Las Vegas between Sunday and Wednesday at "the invitation of the Association of Credit and Collection Professionals (ACA) International for...
July 16, 2009 5:10 pm
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Carcieri takes a pass on govs' conference in Biloxi; legislators travel
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Carcieri passed on an opportunity to attend the July 17-20 National Governors Association conference in Biloxi, Miss., citing "cost, schedule, family commitments.'' Spokeswoman Amy Kempe also cited a March 9 memorandum from the Department of Administration...
July 16, 2009 3:45 pm
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Paiva Weed, Pichardo attend Sotomayor hearings
Two members of Rhode Island's General Assembly are getting an up-close view of history in the making today. State Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed and state Sen. Juan M. Pichardo are among those in the audience for the U.S....
July 14, 2009 4:27 pm
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Whitehouse defends Obama choice at Sotomayor hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse defended President Obama's first Supreme Court nominee Monday by criticizing what he called "the Roberts right-wing flank'' of the high court for its decisions on abortion, gun rights and other issues. "The right wing...
July 13, 2009 2:45 pm
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GOP sets regional conference in Newport
By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau The Republican National Committee and its friends within the state GOP have announced that the Marriott Hotel in Newport will be the site of the party's Northeast Regional Leadership Conference, Oct. 2-4. Under...
July 12, 2009 3:24 pm
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GOP research group polling on stimulus funds
The Ocean State Policy Research Institute, a citizens group cofounded by First Lady Suzanne Carcieri, has launched a Web site that allows Rhode Islanders to vote on what they think of the way this state is spending its federal...
July 12, 2009 3:04 pm
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State Rep. Loughlin preps for congressional bid
By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau This week is a big week in the political life of House Minority Whip John Loughlin. On Sunday, the Tiverton Republican was headed to Washington for a few pointers on how, in his...
July 12, 2009 2:44 pm
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