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August 30, 2009 - September 5, 2009 Archives

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R.I. Senate to return next week to consider judgeships

5:34 PM Thu, Sep 03, 2009 | | Comments (1)
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By Katherine Gregg PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The full Senate will return Wednesday to consider judicial appointments. The Senate Judiciary committee will convene at 4 p.m. Tuesday to consider two nominees and on Wednesday, to consider two more. On Tuesday, the......

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R.I. Democrats to Carcieri: Cancel talk at Mass. Family Institute

6:41 PM Tue, Sep 01, 2009 | | Comments (9)
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By Steve Peoples Journal State House bureau The Rhode Island Democratic Party this afternoon joined a gay-rights group in urging Governor Carcieri to cancel plans to headline a fundraising banquet for the Massachusetts Family Institute, an advocacy organization that considers......

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R.I. Rep. Ucci to undergo preventative cancer treatment

3:05 PM Tue, Sep 01, 2009 | | Write a comment
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Rep. Stephen R. Ucci will undergo preventative cancer treatment next week that will likely keep the ambitious Johnston lawmaker from attending a special House session scheduled for mid October. "Despite my treatment and recuperation this fall, I want to make......

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 Tags  cancer treatment   General Assembly   health   politics   Stephen Ucci  

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Mass. AG appears to be first to aim for Sen. Kennedy's seat

12:31 PM Tue, Sep 01, 2009 | | Write a comment
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BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley appears to be the first candidate in a special election for the Senate seat left open by the death of Edward Kennedy. A woman who said she was representing Coakley picked up......

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 Tags  Edward Kennedy   Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley   U.S. Senate  

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Patrick Kennedy cancels health-care forum this week

6:12 PM Mon, Aug 31, 2009 | | Write a comment
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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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Carcieri to headline 'pro-family' group's annual banquet

3:22 PM Mon, Aug 31, 2009 | | Write a comment
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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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Common Cause to host panel on Ethics Commission's future

5:51 PM Sun, Aug 30, 2009 | | Comments (1)
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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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Nicolella named state Medicaid director

5:42 PM Sun, Aug 30, 2009 | | Write a comment
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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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Wanted: An artist for Carcieri's official portrait

5:38 PM Sun, Aug 30, 2009 | | Write a comment
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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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 Tags  artist   carcieiri   official portait   state council on the arts  

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Pointing a finger at a finger-pointing state representative

5:30 PM Sun, Aug 30, 2009 | | Comments (1)
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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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