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R.I. GOP's Hispanic Assembly chairman quits party

12:09 PM Fri, Sep 18, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (34)
By Katherine Gregg    Email

By Karen Lee Ziner Journal staff writer CRANSTON, R.I -- Ivan G. Marte, chairman of the Rhode Island Republican Hispanic Assembly, says he has quit the GOP out of embarrassment at South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst during President Obama's......

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 Tags  Cranston   Ivan G. Marte   Joe Wilson   politics   Republican Party   Rhode Island  

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Speaker Murphy responds to would-be successor's criticism

8:03 AM Fri, Sep 18, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (31)
By Katherine Gregg    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - House Speaker William J. Murphy has sent a sharply-worded response -- to one of his would-be successors at the podium -- for publicly criticizing him for not calling the House back sooner to tackle the state's economic......

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Rep. Schadone chides Murphy for delaying Assembly return

5:38 PM Wed, Sep 16, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (9)
By Katherine Gregg    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rep. Gregory Schadone has taken the opening shot in a campaign for House Speaker, by firing off an open letter criticizing the incumbent, William J. Murphy, and his leadership team for not bringing the House back sooner......

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Swearing-in dates set for R.I. judges Stern, Gibney

12:27 PM Wed, Sep 16, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Katherine Gregg    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Carcieri has begun sending out invitations for the swearing-in of new judges, including his former chief of staff Brian Stern, who is headed to the Superior Court after winning Senate confirmation last week. Stern's swearing-in has......

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 Tags  Alice Gibney   Brian Stern   Carcieri   Providence ri  

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Carcieri revives possibility of state employee layoffs

2:17 PM Mon, Sep 14, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (7)
By Jack Perry    Email

By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. - - Having not yet reached final agreement with the state's unions on a pay-reduction plan aimed at averting shutdown days, Governor Carcieri is once again raising the possibility of large-scale......

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 Tags  Carcieri   Providence RI   state employee unions  

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Carcieri picks familiar face as chief of staff

1:26 PM Mon, Sep 14, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

By Cynthia Needham Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Carcieri has named Andrew Hodgkin as his new chief of staff. Hodgkin will replace Brian Stern, who was confirmed last week as associate justice of the Rhode Island Superior......

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 Tags  Andrew Hodgkin   Brian Stern   Carcieri  

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State union leaders delay vote on no-pay proposal

10:45 AM Mon, Sep 14, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The leaders of the largest state employees union will decide Tuesday whether to seek a membership vote on a proposed agreement with the Carcieri Administration trading no-pay workdays for shutdown......

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 Tags  Carcieri   Council 94   union  

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