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By Steve Peoples Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Steven M. Costantino, the House budget architect, has the power to change the lives of thousands of active and retired union members. They want to return the favor. The Service......
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6:59 AM Mon, May 31, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau It seems less likely by the day, but some State House insiders say they hope and believe the election-year legislative session that began on Tuesday, Jan. 5, may end this Friday, June 4.......
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6:59 AM Mon, May 31, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Randal Edgar Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island has a state tree, a state flower, a state bird, a state song. So why, one might ask, is there no state poem? Thanks to Sen. Leo Blais,......
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3:59 PM Fri, May 28, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Deep within the proposed $7.8-billion budget for next year is a reminder that the next General Assembly will have the once-a-decade job of redrawing Rhode Island's political map. The tax-and-spending plan headed for a vote in......
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10:50 AM Fri, May 28, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. - - Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis reminds anyone thinking of running for elected office this year that Friday is the last day to register to vote in order to be......
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10:17 AM Fri, May 28, 2010 | Permalink |
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Ramon Martinez Photo courtesy of Lombardi campaign PROVIDENCE, R.I. --- City Councilman and mayoral candidate John J. Lombardi announced Thursday he has named Ramon Martinez, former president and CEO of Progreso Latino, as his campaign manager. Martinez, a Providence......
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2:24 PM Thu, May 27, 2010 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- At first, the four men in the dark suits look strangely familiar. Smirking and nodding, their arms crossed, they stand behind a miniature image of the Rhode Island State House that is partly obscured by yellow police......
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4:38 PM Wed, May 26, 2010 | Permalink |
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Joe Pantoliano, an Emmy-award-winning actor who wanted to play Mayor of Providence on television, apparently supports current Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline's bid for Congress. Pantoliano will be a featured guest at a Cicilline fundraiser at the Riviera Inn, located......
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2:01 PM Wed, May 26, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Journal Statehouse Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- While all eyes are focused on the unveiling of the new state budget on Thursday, House and Senate committees will be voting on bills to allow many more convicted criminals to......
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11:47 AM Wed, May 26, 2010 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Stephen R. Archambault, Democratic candidate for attorney general, on Wednesday called on the House Judiciary Committee to act on a measure that would put a constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would restore the Ethics Commission's......
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3:18 PM Tue, May 25, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- State lawmakers are headed for another high-pitched debate on a Twin River concession package that would provide up to $3.7 million in new state marketing subsidies to the big-name banks......
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2:55 PM Tue, May 25, 2010 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The first televised debate of the 2010 governor's race is only weeks away. Independent Lincoln D. Chafee and Democrats Frank Caprio and Patrick Lynch have confirmed their intent to participate in the debate that WPRI-TV and Fox......
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2:43 PM Tue, May 25, 2010 | Permalink |
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By TRACY BRETON Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Erik B. Wallin, Republican candidate for state attorney general, on Tuesday unveiled a detailed proposal to fight public corruption at the state level. Erik B. Wallin If elected, Wallin said at......
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1:47 PM Tue, May 25, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- House leaders will unveil their proposed budget Thursday for the year that begins July 1 - and then immediately call for a House Finance Committee vote on the spending plan. The House Finance......
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6:09 PM Mon, May 24, 2010 | Permalink |
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PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Former state Democratic Party Chairman Bill Lynch has won the endorsement of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), Local 618, in his bid for Congress. "Our members have been struggling economically like most families in this state......
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2:58 PM Mon, May 24, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Republican groups are calling for a boycott of the union-led boycott of the Westin Providence Hotel and denouncing the City Council's recent passage of an ordinance meant to protect hotel workers. The state GOP......
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2:22 PM Mon, May 24, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Carcieri's chief legal counsel, Kernan F. "Kerry" King has resigned, effective today. The governor's spokeswoman, Amy Kempe, would not immediately provide a copy of his resignation letter, which was submitted Friday, but indicated......
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12:37 PM Mon, May 24, 2010 | Permalink |
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The man who recently shocked the political world and inspired conservatives across the country is set to headline a local fundraiser next month for Rhode Island congressional candidate John J. Loughlin III. While the location has yet to be finalized,......
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6:18 PM Sun, May 23, 2010 | Permalink |
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He's yet to succeed in pushing a state budget through the Assembly this year, but Steven Costantino has assembled a campaign team. The House Finance Committee chairman and Providence mayoral candidate last week announced the hiring of a media consulting......
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6:18 PM Sun, May 23, 2010 | Permalink |
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State lawmakers have plenty to do before the 2010 session comes to a close, but one day that will no doubt be important to Rep. Rene Menard, D-Lincoln, is June 8. That's when Menard will be able to publicly welcome......
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6:13 PM Sun, May 23, 2010 | Permalink |
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He has been working on the fringes of the General Assembly for decades, but this year Gary Sasse may fight to change the legislature from the inside. Long speculated to be interested in elected office, we confronted him late last......
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5:27 PM Wed, May 19, 2010 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Christopher H. Little, Moderate Party candidate for state attorney general, said today that if he is elected, he will implement a strict recusal policy that will apply to all the lawyers who work in his office. He......
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3:28 PM Wed, May 19, 2010 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Still fuming over Atty. Gen. Patrick C. Lynch's handling of the criminal investigation into the Station nightclub fire, Dave Kane, who lost his 18-year-old son in the deadly blaze, announced today that he plans to use part......
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6:14 PM Tue, May 18, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A top aide to state Treasurer Frank T. Caprio is warning legislators against passing legislation that would give state employees the equivalent of "contract rights'' to their state pensions. In a strongly worded letter......
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6:11 PM Tue, May 18, 2010 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I -- Michael A. Tarro, an assistant city solicitor whose family owns a partially torn down former elementary school at the center of a dispute with the city, says he'll run for the District 8 State Representative seat to......
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3:32 PM Tue, May 18, 2010 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, RI - Two days before Rhode Island lawmakers officially reopen their annual casino debate, the attorney general is headed to the State House to make a case for rewriting the casino-regulation law that state lawmakers passed, over Governor Carcieri's......
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5:25 PM Mon, May 17, 2010 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Moderate Party gubernatorial hopeful Kenneth J. Block has hired his first full-time staffer -- or at least his first staffer who doesn't split time working for the Moderate Party's State Committee. Amanda Alvarez, a 22-year-old Connecticut native......
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11:48 AM Mon, May 17, 2010 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Steve Archambault, a Democratic candidate for attorney general, is calling for the "immediate passage'' by state lawmakers of legislation to give voters in Rhode Island the opportunity this November to reinstate the Ethics Commission's power over state......
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11:47 AM Mon, May 17, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
How many "constituent liaisons'' does the Senate have? The question popped up again and again after Senate leaders, earlier this month, put then-North Providence Council President Joseph Burchfield on unpaid administrative leave from his $52,927 a year position as a......
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6:09 PM Thu, May 13, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Randal Edgar Email
Pointing to the arrest last week of three North Providence town councilman on charges of extortion and bribery, Rep. Peter F. Kilmartin said Thursday that it is time for Rhode Island to have a law that holds public officials accountable......
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6:05 PM Thu, May 13, 2010 | Permalink |
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Wondering if Victor Moffitt will do fellow Republican John Robitaille a favor and back out of the gubernatorial race? Don't bet on it. Yes, the former state representative, a longtime finance professional, has run for state treasurer before (as a......
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1:20 PM Thu, May 13, 2010 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Attorney General candidate Erik B. Wallin has hired the state Republican party's former executive director to be the deputy manager for his campaign. Lammis Vargas, a member of the National Federation of Republican Women and the Republican......
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12:11 PM Thu, May 13, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The House Finance Committee has called a hearing for May 20 on a bill to give voters another shot at allowing full-scale casino gambling in Rhode Island. The noon hearing......
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4:30 PM Wed, May 12, 2010 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- General Treasurer candidate Gina Raimondo announced on Wednesday that she is hiring some high-profile consultants to shepherd her campaign. Helping the Democratic candidate with strategy and research will be Pete Brodnitz, who helped Tim Kaine win election......
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12:38 PM Wed, May 12, 2010 | Permalink |
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Providence Journal photo / Andrew Dickerman Outside a bank on Taunton Avenue in East Providence Wednesday, state Rep. David Segal announces he is running for Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I.......
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3:33 PM Mon, May 10, 2010 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Gubernatorial candidate Frank T. Caprio has picked up his first union endorsements. The Democratic state general treasurer announced Monday that he has the support of Local 99 and Local 2323 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.......
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12:12 PM Mon, May 10, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - East Greenwich lawyer Robert E. Rainville, a lobbyist and former probate court judge in West Warwick, has decided to bow out of the crowded Democratic primary race for attorney general, and run for the job as an......
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9:44 AM Sun, May 09, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau The six declared candidates for governor will face off Tuesday at the Rhode Island Interfaith Coalition's second annual Poverty Conference. Each candidate will get about three minutes to answer questions provided to them......
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5:48 PM Fri, May 07, 2010 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island State Association of Fire Fighters has endorsed Democrat William Lynch's campaign for Congress, the Lynch campaign has announced. "We know he truly cares about the state and will work hard to improve the economic......
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5:34 PM Fri, May 07, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- As the state casts about for the next big thing to boost the economy, creative ideas are a must. But an aquarium? Victor G. Moffitt, a Republican candidate for governor said this week that he wants to......
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5:28 PM Fri, May 07, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Democratic Governors Association has taken aim at former U.S. Senator Lincoln Chafee's independent campaign for governor with the launch of a new web site that ridicules his call for a sales tax on items currently exempt,......
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2:13 PM Fri, May 07, 2010 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau jmulligan@belo-dc.com WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has joined a group of Democratic colleagues in assailing what they call the GOP's use of ``secret holds'' on presidential nominations -- including a practice that......
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5:58 PM Wed, May 05, 2010 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Democratic mayoral candidate Angel Taveras says he will have not one, but four campaign offices. On Monday, Taveras opened a "West Side campaign headquarters" at 1270 Westminster St. Last week, he opened an office on Broad Street......
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1:04 PM Wed, May 05, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Journal Staff Writer In their second debate in less than a day, Rhode Island's six gubernatorial candidates jousted Wednesday morning over how best to aid Rhode Island's sagging economy. The ideas that emerged at the Business Expo......
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1:27 PM Tue, May 04, 2010 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Democratic mayoral candidate John J. Lombardi has a new mobile campaign headquarters: a retrofitted school bus tricked out with wireless internet access, carpeting, and conference space. The bus is white with a large image of Lombardi......
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5:50 PM Mon, May 03, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Tracy Breton Email
Steve Archambault, a Democratic candidate for attorney general, is calling for a crackdown on employee misclassification, saying that the "widespread" practice of paying regular workers as independent contractors is hurting the state financially, and harming workers, too. "Employee misclassification is......
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3:21 PM Mon, May 03, 2010 | Permalink |
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By STEVE PEOPLES Journal State House Bureau He has yet to make a final decision, but state Rep. David A. Segal's potential candidacy in the race to replace Patrick Kennedy has drawn the interest of a Washington-based political action committee.......
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10:28 AM Mon, May 03, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Governor Carcieri has signed two stopgap budget bills, passed by lawmakers last week to give them more time to decided how much more - or less - to cut local......
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7:10 AM Mon, May 03, 2010 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau Imagine this headline: State GOP endorses Cool Moose for Lieutenant Governor. It may not be as far-fetched as it might sound. State GOP chairman Giovanni Cicione says he has been talking to lawyer......
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