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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Former Senate President Joseph A.Montalbano was welcomed back by his former colleagues like a returning hero on Thursday, when the Senate approved his appointment as a $135,822-a-year District Court magistrate. The senators were on their feet......
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6:01 PM Tue, Mar 29, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- No, he hasn't rescinded the raises he approved for his chief of staff and other legislative employees, but House Speaker Gordon D. Fox said Tuesday that he is reconsidering them. The raises, combined with automatic 3-percent increases,......
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3:48 PM Tue, Mar 29, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Even with the increase that Governor Chafee has proposed in employee contributions to their own pensions, the taxpayer cost of providing a comfortable retirement for public-sector workers in Rhode Island will rise by $50 million next......
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3:29 PM Tue, Mar 29, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Advocates came out to the State House on Tuesday to back legislation that would end high-interest payday loans and bring Rhode Island in line with other New England states. Rep. Frank G. Ferri, D-Warwick, proposes repealing a......
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2:00 PM Tue, Mar 29, 2011 | Permalink |
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Members of Rhode Island's congressional delegation have been making the rounds on the fundraising circuit in advance of a campaign filing deadline at the end of this month. U.S. Rep. James Langevin had a fundraiser scheduled on Monday at the......
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9:51 AM Tue, Mar 29, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A leading Rhode Island state lawmaker says the state should outlaw the surgical removal of the vocal chords of a dog or cat. Senate Majority Leader Dominick J. Ruggerio announced legislation Monday to prohibit so-called "debarking"......
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9:17 AM Tue, Mar 29, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Pay-day lenders in Rhode Island would have to charge the same interest rates as banks and other financial institutions under a proposal in the Rhode Island General Assembly. A House committee will review the bill Tuesday......
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5:53 PM Mon, Mar 28, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Blasting House Republicans' proposed budget cuts, Congressman David N. Cicilline sent out a fund-raising appeal to supporters on Monday as he looks to add nearly $20,000 for his 2012 re-election drive. Cicilline, in an email, says Republican......
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3:32 PM Mon, Mar 28, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Statewide Coalition Foundation announced Monday that it has filed an amicus brief in support of Republican state lawmakers challenging the General Assembly's legislative grants program. In a statement, the sister organization of the taxpayer......
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1:45 PM Mon, Mar 28, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Republican state representative says she was offered a chance to be listed as a co-sponsor of a bill imposing new limits on what types of prisoners can qualify for "good time," in exchange for her vote......
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11:59 AM Mon, Mar 28, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin will visit Rhode Island on Thursday to campaign in favor of Rhode Island adopting gay marriage legislation. He'll join Rhode Island Governor Chafee at a press conference at the State House at 4......
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7:10 AM Mon, Mar 28, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Randal Edgar PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The last page of most bills that come before the Rhode Island House and Senate contains a short explanation or synopsis of what the bill would do if adopted. Sometimes the explanations provide a......
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7:08 AM Mon, Mar 28, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Randal Edgar PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed took some criticism last year when an E-Verify bill sponsored by Sen. Marc A. Cote got to the Senate floor only to be sent back to committee. It......
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7:05 AM Mon, Mar 28, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Senate last week welcomed back Sen. Michael J. Pinga, D-West Warwick, who had heart surgery in February. Pinga, who was first elected in 2008, says he's introduced some legislation and fellow......
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7:00 AM Mon, Mar 28, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The State House on Friday was filled with Christian song and prayer as the Catholics for Life hosted their annual "Rosary for Life" in the building's rotunda. The prayers were led by Bishop Francis......
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7:00 AM Mon, Mar 28, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo and Randal Edgar PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It was a bit of a role reversal last week for Steven M. Costantino. The former chairman of the House Finance Committee, known for his probing questions of state department heads......
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7:00 AM Mon, Mar 28, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Congressman David N. Cicilline has raised his profile in the gay community of late. Cicilline was the keynote speaker at the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund's National Champagne Brunch in Washington, D.C. on Mar......
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7:00 AM Mon, Mar 28, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Brendan Doherty political watch has begun. With a week left before he steps down as State Police superintendent, speculation has been swirling about his next move. A run for the U.S. Senate seat......
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7:00 AM Mon, Mar 28, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- For favored legislative employees, the raises keep on coming. And no one has fared better than House Speaker Gordon D. Fox's chief of staff, Frank Anzeveno. The salary paid Anzeveno, a former state representative......
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5:58 PM Fri, Mar 25, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Bar Association announced Friday that it backs a bill that would allow same-sex couples to marry. In a statement on its website, the association says its House of Delegates voted this week to support......
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4:21 PM Fri, Mar 25, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Chafee has faced sharp criticism for budget proposals that would expand the state sales tax, raise pension contributions for state employees and teachers, eliminate the state film tax credit and raise the fees for residents of......
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1:39 PM Thu, Mar 24, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. - - Less than a third of Rhode Islanders believe that new Governor Chafee is doing a good to excellent job, according to the latest Brown University poll. The survey was conducted March 11-13, 2011, by researchers at......
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1:21 PM Thu, Mar 24, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Journal State House bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island Democratic Party Chairman Ed Pacheco voiced his support Tuesday for allowing same-sex couples to marry in the state. "We take great pride in the protection of freedoms in......
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11:42 AM Thu, Mar 24, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce is not happy with Governor Chafee's tax and spending plan for the state budget year that begins on July 1. After surveying its members......
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9:22 AM Thu, Mar 24, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A new poll shows that Rhode Island dislikes former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin more than any other state, the political website Politico reports. "A new Public Policy Polling survey of 27 states shows that the former Alaska......
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5:10 PM Wed, Mar 23, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- State auditors have raised issues of concern about the record-keeping for the state's $7 billion retirement fund for state and local employees after finding millions in under-stated receivables, and critical information -- such as gender and birth......
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2:59 PM Wed, Mar 23, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Paul Edward Parker Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rapid growth among Rhode Island's Hispanic population from 2000 to 2010 prevented the state from losing one of its two seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, a Providence Journal......
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12:04 PM Wed, Mar 23, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The first full day of packed House Finance Committee hearings begins at the State House Wednesday, with advocates for the elderly -- including military veterans -- poised to pounce on......
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4:58 PM Tue, Mar 22, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Governor Chafee "reluctantly'' supports a bill that would allow the Department of Education to hire as many as 50 retired teachers as $500-a-day consultants, without making them give up their state pensions. With a State House hearing......
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3:29 PM Tue, Mar 22, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Controversial conservative activist James O'Keefe, whose secret videotaping stings in 2009 brought down the community organizing group ACORN and prompted the resignation of the chief executive officer of National Public......
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12:20 PM Tue, Mar 22, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A state Senate committee on Tuesday will hold a hearing on Governor Chafee's proposal to bring the state trust fund that pays out unemployment benefits back to solvency. Chafee proposes increases in the employer tax that funds......
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4:31 PM Mon, Mar 21, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- U.S. Representatives James Langevin and David Cicilline will be in the Capital City on Thursday for a meet and greet with members of the Rhode Island Young Democrats. The two Democrats will talk about what issues they......
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12:56 PM Mon, Mar 21, 2011 | Permalink |
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By KATHERINE GREGG Journal State House bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Three weeks of State House hearings begin this week on Governor Chafee's $7.66 billion tax-and-spending plan. Most of the opposition so far has centered on Chafee's bid to extend the......
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12:10 PM Mon, Mar 21, 2011 | Permalink |
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It's not every day that House Speaker Gordon D. Fox adds his name to a bill with Republican Joseph A. Trillo or even fellow Democrat Jon D. Brien. But Fox and House Majority Whip J. Patrick O'Neill, along with Brien,......
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7:10 AM Mon, Mar 21, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- First there were layoffs, and now raises for select General Assembly employees. As the news started to spread last week, Political Scene asked for its annual rundown of legislative staff......
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7:09 AM Mon, Mar 21, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg and Philip Marcelo Journal State House Bureau The combined St. Patrick's and St. Joseph's Day celebrations at the State House provided state lawmakers with an opportunity Thursday to knock back shots of Frangelico and Bailey's Irish Cream......
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7:08 AM Mon, Mar 21, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has been in the national news of late with his stance on Facebook. So maybe it's appropriate that the junior senator from Rhode Island is also......
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7:07 AM Mon, Mar 21, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Openness with regard to how government spends money is "fundamental to democracy," says the federation of state Public Interest Research Groups. And some states, according to the group's latest Following the Money report, could do a lot......
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1:46 PM Sun, Mar 20, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Journal State House Bureau WESTERLY, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Statewide Coalition, a business advocacy group founded in 2003, has won recognition from the American Society of News Editors for its work urging the state General Assembly......
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5:08 PM Fri, Mar 18, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The chairman of the state Senate Committee on Government Oversight says he wants to hold hearing on the reappointment of Michael P. Lewis as state director of transportation. Sen. Frank A. Ciccone III said he has asked......
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2:00 PM Fri, Mar 18, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns came out against a proposed program in Governor Chafee's budget for next year that would partly restore state aid to cities and towns, but require them to increase their......
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10:55 AM Fri, Mar 18, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Republican John Robitaille is the latest once-and-future candidate to line up a radio talkshow gig. The 2010 GOP candidate for governor -- and former communications director for former Governor Carcieri -- will host four segments of a......
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7:14 PM Thu, Mar 17, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg, Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Chafee administration is moving to hire a consultant to study the economics and potential social costs of allowing more gambling opportunities in the state where video slots are already......
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2:32 PM Thu, Mar 17, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- With Rhode Island drawing national attention as a potential model for Medicaid reform, a liberal-leaning Washington-based think tank group says the state's "global waiver'' hasn't lived up to its reputation.......
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2:21 PM Thu, Mar 17, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- What's Florida's loss could be Rhode Island's gain. Governor Chafee's administration says it is taking steps to put Rhode Island in contention for a share of $2.4 billion in federal......
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12:34 PM Thu, Mar 17, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- An unmanned video camera was pointed at the speaker's podium throughout the Senate Labor Committee's lively debate Wednesday night over the proposed re-hiring of retired teachers as $500-a-day consultants to the state's Department of Education and the......
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12:21 PM Thu, Mar 17, 2011 | Permalink |
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LINCOLN, R.I. -- With Governor Chafee looking to raise $165 million through an expanded sales tax, the General Assembly is going to be looking closely at his budget proposals and how they would affect the state's economy, legislative leaders told......
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3:12 PM Wed, Mar 16, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A bill to let retired public school teachers and administrators return to work for 90 days a year -- or more -- without giving up their state pensions will get the full attention of a Senate committee......
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3:07 PM Wed, Mar 16, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The result was no surprise -- new House rules that require votes to be posted online, that stop lawmakers from taking up new bills after 11:30 p.m., that require the House speaker to propose a plan for......
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2:13 PM Wed, Mar 16, 2011 | Permalink |
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Openness with regard to how government spends money is "fundamental to democracy" says the federation of state Public Interest Research Groups. And according to the group's latest Follow the Money report, Rhode Island could do a lot better. The group......
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4:53 PM Tue, Mar 15, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. --The state Senate on Tuesday approved four new members to the board of the state Economic Development Corporation that had been nominated by Governor Chafee. The new board members: -Jerauld C. Adams, a Providence resident who began renovating......
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8:20 AM Tue, Mar 15, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A bill that would require voters to present identification at polling places is set for a hearing in the state Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill is sponsored by state Sen. Harold Metts, a Democrat from Providence,......
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3:55 PM Mon, Mar 14, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Lines at the Department of Motor Vehicles could get shorter if the General Assembly passes a bill from Representative Daniel P. Reilly (R-Portsmouth). Reilly has introduced H5708, which would let cities and towns agree to issue and......
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2:33 PM Mon, Mar 14, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Neil Downing Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Chafee's proposed budget would benefit local cities and towns by helping them deal with a combined $4.3 billion in pension and health-care obligations for current and future retirees, according to......
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12:56 PM Mon, Mar 14, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Acting state Auditor General Dennis E. Hoyle said in a recently issued report that the full rollout of a new accounting system has stalled, and many of the hoped-for efficiencies and improvements have not been achieved. He......
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5:40 PM Sun, Mar 13, 2011 | Permalink |
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The House on Thursday approved a bill to allow Rhode Island drivers to get official Red Sox plates for their cars and trucks. Under this year's version of this perennial bill, half of the $40 charge for each plate would......
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5:37 PM Sun, Mar 13, 2011 | Permalink |
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Former state Sen. John F. McBurney III may be privileged this year with one of Rhode Island's more oddly desirable of status symbols: a low number license plate. The state Senate is considering a bill that would authorize the state......
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5:34 PM Sun, Mar 13, 2011 | Permalink |
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Former House Speaker William J. Murphy stood just outside the doorway to the governor's ornate State Room' on Thursday as top officials in the Catholic Diocese -- and several of his former colleagues -- talked up the benefits of a......
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5:32 PM Sun, Mar 13, 2011 | Permalink |
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Since Chafee won the governor's office in November, he's had at least four fundraisers. The most recent came on Feb. 28 while the governor was in Washington D.C. for the National Governors Association's annual meeting, according to Patrick A. Rogers,......
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5:23 PM Sun, Mar 13, 2011 | Permalink |
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A move to recall Governor Chafee has taken to Facebook, and Chafee, now just over two months in office, says he's not at all surprised. "It's the political climate we're in," Chafee said last week. "Nationally, it's just really polarized,......
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3:30 PM Thu, Mar 10, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- With parochial students from across the state headed for the State House Thursday for what is known as "Catholic School Day,'' a new wrinkle has emerged in Governor Chafee's proposed......
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1:46 PM Thu, Mar 10, 2011 | Permalink |
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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Chafee has ended his talk-radio ban. He's on News Talk 630 WPRO Thursday afternoon, discussing his plan to broaden Rhode Island taxes with host Dan Yorke. Chafee made national headlines in January, just a week......
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1:20 PM Thu, Mar 10, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state's former elderly-affairs director Corinne Russo has resurfaced in a new role in the Chafee administration, with a new title and a big pay raise. As the head of the Department of Elderly Affairs under former......
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7:34 AM Thu, Mar 10, 2011 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Scott Brown's mother and sister are defending the accuracy of his best-selling memoir in which he accuses one of his stepfathers of abuse. But the Massachusetts Republican's former stepfather denies beating Brown as a teenager......
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7:03 PM Wed, Mar 09, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The first big political question surrounding independent Governor Chafee's first budget: who would introduce it? That question was answered Wednesday when new House Finance Committee Chairman Helio Melo, D-East Providence, introduced the bill on Chafee's behalf......
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6:44 PM Wed, Mar 09, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In his campaign to become the next state GOP chairman, former Gov. Donald L. Carcieri's one-time chief of staff Ken McKay has wasted no time denouncing the tax-and-spending proposal that Governor Chafee, an independent, rolled out......
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5:52 PM Wed, Mar 09, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. --The first casino bill of the year as made its appearance at the Rhode Island State House. Rep. Charlene Lima, D-Cranston, is proposing a Nov. 6, 2012, statewide vote on a......
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3:34 PM Wed, Mar 09, 2011 | Permalink |
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By KATHERINE GREGG Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Chafee and his key members of cabinet are hitting the road over the next two weeks in an effort to explain -- and seek pubic support for -- the......
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11:14 AM Wed, Mar 09, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Lawmakers in the Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee will hear testimony on a bill to eliminate straight party-ticket voting, also known as the master lever. The committee is to hear testimony Wednesday. The master lever allows......
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3:47 PM Sun, Mar 06, 2011 | Permalink |
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By RANDAL EDGAR Journal State House Bureau The tone was somewhat glum as the Poverty Institute held its annual state budget conference on Friday, in anticipation of Governor Chafee's budget address this week, but there were some moments of levity.......
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11:05 AM Sun, Mar 06, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Randal Edgar Journal State House Bureau Most of the debate at last Thursday's House Judiciary Committee centered on several bills that provide alternatives to the requirement that school committee meeting notices be posted in general circulation daily newspapers. Among......
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11:00 AM Sun, Mar 06, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Journal State House Bureau The state Department of Health has a new legislative liaison. Randi Belhumeur is taking on the role following the December retirement of department Associate Director Helen Drew. Belhumeur attended a House Health, Education......
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12:01 AM Sat, Mar 05, 2011 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Rep. James R. Langevin, a liberal Democrat who leans to the conservative on some social issues, has changed positions and now supports same-sex. While never an active opponent of gay marriage,......
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3:00 PM Fri, Mar 04, 2011 | Permalink |
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LINCOLN, R.I. -- Businessman and former congressional candidate Anthony Gemma has launched a new company -- Spreehive. The group buying website, which went live Monday, is in the mold of Groupon, the Chicago-based company that launched in 2008 that offers......
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2:52 PM Fri, Mar 04, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Senate is hosting an economic summit on jobs and the economy from 5 to 8 p.m. on March 21. Senate spokesman Greg Pare said the summit at the Community College of Rhode Island will......
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12:24 PM Fri, Mar 04, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In an effort to help the beleaguered Capital City, a state lawmaker introduced legislation Thursday that would give cities and towns the option of assessing a fee on tax-exempt private colleges and hospitals for the payment of......
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6:23 PM Thu, Mar 03, 2011 | Permalink |
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By KATHERINE GREGG Journal State House bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- One after another, the past and present police officers in the state legislature on Thursday lamented State Police Supt. Brendan Doherty's resignation as a "huge loss to the state of......
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9:34 AM Thu, Mar 03, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The owner of the liberal-leaning political blog Rhode Island's Future says he's looking for a successor to take over the site, which was taken down sometime before Monday. Brian Hull, who purchased the site in 2009, says......
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10:20 PM Wed, Mar 02, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- The Judicial Nominating Commission Wednesday night selected 9 candidates from 21 applicants to interview for 2 open seats on the Family Court bench. The commission decided to interview the following applicants for the two judgeships: Patricia K.......
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6:00 PM Wed, Mar 02, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- With the state legislature back from a late-February break, the focus has returned to whether the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that would allow same-sex marriage in Rhode Island. House Speaker Gordon D. Fox,......
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2:42 PM Wed, Mar 02, 2011 | Permalink |
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By Karen Lee Ziner PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Superior Court judge Wednesday ordered newly elected State Rep. Leo Medina to turn over all of his legislative pay - $439 ever two weeks - to satisfy a debt stemming from a......
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10:47 AM Wed, Mar 02, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Don't expect Governor Chafee's budget-proposal next week to include any "long-term fixes'' to the state's looming pension crisis. During his campaign for office last year, Chafee talked about re-amortizing the pension fund's $5 billion or so......
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6:31 PM Tue, Mar 01, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Hours after saying publicly Tuesday that it might be "an opportune time'' to talk to the state's Narragansett Indians about their interest in taking over the Twin River slot parlor, Governor Chafee changed course and called for......
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5:12 PM Tue, Mar 01, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Senate has set Thursday, March 10, as the day it will hear a slate of bills for and against same-sex marriage. On that day, Senate spokesman Greg Pare said the Senate Judiciary Committee will......
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4:43 PM Tue, Mar 01, 2011 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Ken McKay, running for the state GOP chairmanship, has lobbed the first grenade in the Republican campaign to unseat Rhode Island Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse from the U.S. Senate next year. Appearing on WLNE Channel 6's Sunday morning......
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4:24 PM Tue, Mar 01, 2011 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Providence layer John F. McConnell Jr.'s embattled nomination to Rhodes Island's federal trial court may soon be considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee, the panel's chairman said late Monday. As......
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