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Governor Carcieri plans unpaid furlough days for state workers

3:17 PM Fri, Jul 17, 2009 | | Comments (1)
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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......

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 Tags  economy   furlough   Governor Carcieri   labor  

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Montanaro to step down from R.I. AFL-CIO presidency

6:35 PM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | | Write a comment
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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......

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 Tags  AFL-CIO   Frank Montanaro   Providence ri  

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A.G. Lynch travels to Las Vegas for credit group convention

5:10 PM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Katherine Gregg    Email

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......

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 Tags  attorney general   Patrick Lynch   providence ri  

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Carcieri takes a pass on govs' conference in Biloxi; legislators travel

3:45 PM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Katherine Gregg    Email

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......

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 Tags  Carcieri   governors' conference   National Conference of State Legislatures   R.I. legislators  

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Paiva Weed, Pichardo attend Sotomayor hearings

4:27 PM Tue, Jul 14, 2009 | | Write a comment
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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.......

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 Tags  Juan Pichardo   M. Teresa Paiva Weed   Senate   Sheldon Whitehouse   Sonia Sotomayor   Supreme Court  

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Whitehouse defends Obama choice at Sotomayor hearing

2:45 PM Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | | Comments (2)
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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......

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 Tags  confirmation hearings   Sotomayor   Supreme Court   Whitehouse  

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GOP sets regional conference in Newport

3:24 PM Sun, Jul 12, 2009 | | Write a comment
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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......

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 Tags  Giovanni Cicione   Northeast Regional Leadership Conference   Republican National Committee  

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GOP research group polling on stimulus funds

3:04 PM Sun, Jul 12, 2009 | | Comments (1)
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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......

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 Tags  Ocean State Policy Research Institute   stimulus funds   Suzanne Carcieri  

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State Rep. Loughlin preps for congressional bid

2:44 PM Sun, Jul 12, 2009 | | Comments (3)
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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......

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 Tags  1st representative district   john loughlin   patrick kennedy  

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