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6:12 PM Mon, Aug 31, 2009 | Permalink |
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In the wake of his father's death, Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy has canceled all public events this week, including a forum on national health-care reform expected Thursday. The congressman's father, longtime Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, died last week......
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3:22 PM Mon, Aug 31, 2009 | Permalink |
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Governor Carcieri has accepted an invitation to headline the annual fundraising banquet for the Massachusetts Family Institute, an advocacy organization that promotes marriage between a man and a woman and considers homosexuality "an unhealthy practice and destructive to individuals, families......
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5:51 PM Sun, Aug 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine GreggJournal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Common Cause chapter in Rhode Island is holding panel discussion on the ramifications of the Rhode Island Supreme Court decision in the case of former Senate President William V. Irons,......
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5:42 PM Sun, Aug 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine GreggJournal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- With the state embarked on a major Medicaid overhaul aimed at saving tens of millions of dollars over the next five years, the Carcieri administration is about to fill a critical......
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5:38 PM Sun, Aug 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia NeedhamJournal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Looking to spend a little one-on-one time with the governor? How about applying to paint his portrait? In perhaps the first tangible sign that Governor Carcieri's two-term tenure is slowly drawing......
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5:30 PM Sun, Aug 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine GreggJournal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A moment of pique on a state highway has provided one state lawmaker with a reminder that public officials -- especially those with legislative license plates -- are always in the......
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1:30 PM Fri, Aug 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A day after settling on Oct. 7 and 8 as the days the House of Representatives will reconvene, House Democratic leaders have decided to delay the return by one week. The new plan calls......
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7:00 PM Thu, Aug 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg, Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- House Speaker William J. Murphy has notified lawmakers in his chamber that the House will not return next week, as originally contemplated, but on Oct. 7 and 8. It remains......
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1:07 PM Thu, Aug 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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AP Photo / Elise Amendola A photo of the Kennedy brothers from the early 1960s is part of the display in the lobby of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston Wednesday, the day after U.S.......
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12:33 PM Thu, Aug 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Maurice Green, a Providence police officer, has announced his candidacy for state representative in House District 10, in the Nov. 10 special election to replace the late Democratic Rep. Thomas Slater. Green, 44, of 127 Rutherglen Ave.,......
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12:19 PM Thu, Aug 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The liberal-leaning, union-backed blog RIFuture.org has a new owner. Patrick Crowley, a top-level official at the National Education Association of Rhode Island, confirmed in an e-mail that he has sold the "progressive news blog'' to Brian......
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2:13 PM Wed, Aug 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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Providence Journal photo / John Freidah Spectators were on hand by land and by sea outside the Kennedy family compound in Hyannisport, Mass., Wednesday, hours after it was announced that U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy had died at his Cape......
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12:07 PM Wed, Aug 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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Photo from the John F. Kennedy Library Museum Taken in 1962, this photo shows the Kennedy brothers during the "Camelot" days at the White House, when President John F. Kennedy, at right, was in office. At left, Robert F.......
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3:36 PM Tue, Aug 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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U.S. Sen. Jack Reed answers questions from projo.com readers during Tuesday's live chat on health-care reform, with the help of projo.com producer Pamela Reinsel Cotter. Providence Journal photo / Sandor Bodo PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I.,......
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12:58 PM Tue, Aug 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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AP photo / Steven Senne For those who might have been wondering whether President Obama walks or takes a cart on the golf course as he vacations on Martha's Vineyard this week: On Tuesday, he drove. Above, he shares......
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12:57 PM Mon, Aug 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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AP Photo / Steven Senne The First Family is in the second day of their vacation on Martha's Vineyard, and already the souvenirs of their trip are in the stores. A likeness of the Obama family's first dog, Bo,......
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12:37 PM Mon, Aug 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Journal State House Bureau Mark Weed, the longtime husband of Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed died Saturday at the age of 50, after a battle with cancer. On the opening day of the 2009 legislative session,......
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7:10 AM Mon, Aug 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo PROVIDENCE, RI -- Back in June Mayor David Cicilline's protracted battle with city firefighters hit a fevered pitch. Using the threat of a union picket, firefighters successfully forced Democratic Vice President Joseph Biden and a host of......
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7:06 AM Mon, Aug 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Randy Edgar, Journal Staff Writer In Cranston, the school committee's decision in the spring to pay retiring Supt. M. Richard Scherza $25,000 to stay on as a consultant during July and August was portrayed by committee members as a......
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7:05 AM Mon, Aug 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham, Journal State House Bureau Remember the controversy that erupted last week between right- and left-wing groups in the hours before Congressman James R. Langevin's town hall meeting on health care? The Rhode Island Young Republicans issued a......
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3:34 PM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Officials from two state unions have announced their candidacies for top positions in the Rhode Island AFL-CIO. William C. McGowan, business manager and financial secretary for the IBEW Local 2323, is running for state AFL-CIO president. Jim......
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1:01 PM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Scott Slater, the youngest son of Rep. Thomas C. Slater, who died Aug. 10 after a long battle with cancer, has announced he will run for his father's seat in an upcoming special election.......
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11:52 AM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Randy Edgar It's only a rumor and it may be too strange to be true, but the Anchorage Daily News reports Wednesday in its Alaska Ear column that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is rumored to be moving to......
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3:43 PM Tue, Aug 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples State Republican Party Chairman Giovanni Cicione said he hopes angry protesters will flood Wednesday night's town hall meeting hosted by Congressman James R. Langevin. The 6 p.m. event at the Warwick City Hall is the first opportunity......
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5:34 PM Mon, Aug 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples WARWICK, R.I. -- Congressman James R. Langevin has changed the location for this week's public "town hall" meeting, planning for a large turnout as many constituents get their first opportunity to speak with a member of Congress......
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5:22 PM Mon, Aug 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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Rifuture.org, the political blog aimed at the state's progressive community, has been sold. Owner Patrick Crowley, an assistant executive director of National Education Association Rhode Island who bought the blog less than a year ago from founder Matt Jerzyk, announced......
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7:05 AM Mon, Aug 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan A Kennedy family gathering -- even if tinged by such a loss as Eunice Shriver's death last week -- is practically required to feature some laughs. And so, when Sen. Edward M. Kennedy dined with his......
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7:05 AM Mon, Aug 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Republican Party plans to feature a nationally known GOP leader at a breakfast fundraiser later in the month. It is none other than Ken McKay, former top aide to Governor Carcieri......
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7:05 AM Mon, Aug 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Political Scene caught up with two of Rhode Island's Congressional delegation last week as they tried to enjoy the month away from Congress. We naturally steered the conversation toward a popular rumor. Despite occasional......
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7:05 AM Mon, Aug 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Though the death of Providence Rep. Thomas C. Slater is still painfully fresh, questions have begun swirling about what will happen to his House of Representatives seat. Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis'......
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12:40 PM Thu, Aug 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John Hill Journal staff writer The head of the Moderate Party of Rhode Island is claiming that enough valid voter signatures have been certified to put the party on the statewide ballot next fall. Moderate Party founder Kenneth Block......
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1:15 PM Wed, Aug 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Rhode Island Republican Party plans to feature a nationally-known GOP leader at a breakfast fundraiser later in the month. It is none other than Ken McKay, former Governor Carcieri top aide turned executive director of the Republican National Committee.......
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7:05 AM Mon, Aug 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island needs a "stronger and more capable voice in Congress." That's according to Democratic congressional hopeful state Rep. Elizabeth M. Dennigan, who was clearly knocking incumbent congressman U.S. Rep.......
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5:54 PM Fri, Aug 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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A Florida Republican political candidate hopes to tap the deep pockets of Newport's Bellevue Avenue as he prepares to run for state Senate in Palm Beach and Broward counties. The connection isn't quite as incongruous as it sounds. The candidate,......
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6:50 PM Wed, Aug 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Carcieri has put out a call for entries for his 2009 wellness innovation awards. Developed in 2007, the awards program recognizes creative ways that businesses and other organizations promote healthy lifestyles for their employees and clients.......
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4:16 PM Tue, Aug 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Board of Elections will hold a hearing Thursday on a campaign finance complaint filed by the state Republican party against Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch. The 9 a.m. hearing will be open to the public......
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4:39 PM Mon, Aug 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Journal State House Bureau State Rep. Elizabeth M. Dennigan will challenge fellow Democrat and five-term incumbent Congressman James R. Langevin in the 2010 contest for Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District. Dennigan confirmed her decision in an interview......
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1:37 PM Mon, Aug 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse announced two staffing changes Monday morning. Matt Thornton, former communications director for Congresman Zack Space, D-Ohio, will take over the communications director position for Whitehouse beginning Tuesday, Aug. 11. Thornton, who grew up in Kansas, will oversee......
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1:25 PM Mon, Aug 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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A group of 50 professors from across the country and around the world has penned a letter to Rhode Island lawmakers, imploring them not to ban indoor prostitution. The state's current policy of treating indoor and outdoor prostitution differently is......
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7:00 AM Mon, Aug 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Downtown employees with a hankering for fruits and veggies are in luck. The Department of Environmental Management-run farmers' market that once operated in an obscure Smith Hill location near the......
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7:00 AM Mon, Aug 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Senate Fiscal Office has a new second in command. Stephen Whitney has been promoted from his analyst position to serve as deputy fiscal advisor. There were grumblings that the......
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7:00 AM Mon, Aug 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Journal State House Bureau Rhode Island Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts dipped into her own pocket to travel to Baltimore for the National Lieutenant Governors Association annual meeting last week. She spent two days at the conference, where......
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