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Newport fundraiser to benefit Florida GOP candidate

5:54 PM Fri, Aug 07, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Cynthia Needham    Email

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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 Tags  Camilla Blaffer Royall   Giovanni Cicione   John Loughlin   Newport RI   Nick Loeb   Republican   Touro Synagogue  

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Carcieri calls for applications for wellness awards

6:50 PM Wed, Aug 05, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Cynthia Needham    Email

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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 Tags  Carcieri   providence ri  

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R.I. Elections Board to hear GOP complaint against Lynch

4:16 PM Tue, Aug 04, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Cynthia Needham    Email

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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 Tags  Attorney General Patrick Lynch   carcieri   providence ri  

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Update: Dennigan to challenge Langevin for Congress

4:39 PM Mon, Aug 03, 2009 | | Comments (3)
By News staff    Email

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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 Tags  1st Congressional District   2nd Congressional District   Democrat   East Providence RI   Pawtucket RI   state Rep. Elizabeth Dennigan   U.S. Rep. James Langevin  

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Sen. Whitehouse hires new communications director

1:37 PM Mon, Aug 03, 2009 | | Comments (2)
By Steve Peoples    Email

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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 Tags  Sheldon Whitehouse  

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Academics urge R.I. to keep indoor prostitution legal

1:25 PM Mon, Aug 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Cynthia Needham    Email

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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 Tags  prostitution  

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DEM farmers' market moves to State House lawn

7:00 AM Mon, Aug 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Dave Reid    Email

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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 Tags  farmers' market   Providence RI   RI Department of Environmental Management  

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Whitney promoted at R.I. Senate Fiscal Office

7:00 AM Mon, Aug 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Dave Reid    Email

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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 Tags  RI Senate Fiscal Office   Stephen Whitney  

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RI's Roberts pays her own way to lt. governors' conference

7:00 AM Mon, Aug 03, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Dave Reid    Email

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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