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Council 94 members to vote on revised contract next week

7:07 PM Fri, Oct 17, 2008 | | Comments (3)
By Andrea Panciera    Email

By Steve Peoples Journal State House bureau PROVIDENCE -- Thousands of rank-and-file union members will vote next week on a four-year contract that will increase their health care costs, delay pay increases in the first year, and boost co-pays for......

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 Tags  Carcieri   contract   Council 94   Dennis Grilli   R.I. state employees  

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Salve, URI, PC students to take part in presidential debate watch

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By Andrea Panciera    Email

AP photo A member of the media works in the filing center yesterday at the site of the presidential debate tonight at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. Want to watch tonight's presidential debate around the politically savvy? You could......

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 Tags  debate watch   Hofstra   presidential debate   presidential election  

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Actor Martin Sheen to stump for Patrick Kennedy in R.I.

9:00 AM Wed, Oct 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

Having once played a Kennedy on TV, actor Martin Sheen is headed to Rhode Island on Thursday to stump for one. U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy's office has confirmed that Sheen, a Democratic Party activist, will accompany the 1st District congressman......

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 Tags  Martin Sheen   Martin Sheen to stump for Patrick Kennedy   Patrick Kennedy  

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Carcieri lends his voice to TransformRI

8:50 AM Wed, Oct 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

A frequent guest on local talk radio, Governor Carcieri is now the on-air radio voice for the advocacy group, TransformRI. In a radio ad paid for by TransformRI, the term-limited Republican governor can be heard this week talking about unnamed......

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 Tags  Governor Carcieri   Transform Rhode Island   TransformRI  

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Candidates' forum tonight in West Warwick

1:30 PM Tue, Oct 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

The League of Women Voters will host a candidates' forum in West Warwick tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the West Warwick High School Auditorium. The forum will allow the audience to submit questions before the forum for candidates and allow......

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 Tags  R.I. elections   West Warwick   West Warwick candidates forum  

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Candidates' forum tonight in West Warwick

1:30 PM Tue, Oct 14, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Andrea Panciera    Email

The League of Women Voters will host a candidates' forum in West Warwick tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the West Warwick High School Auditorium. The forum will allow the audience to submit questions before the forum for candidates and allow......

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 Tags  R.I. elections   West Warwick   West Warwick candidates forum  

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Now, this was a debate to remember / Photo, video

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By Andrea Panciera    Email

AP file photo The first televised presidential debate in U.S. history took place in 1960, between Sen. John F. Kennedy, at the lectern, and Vice President Richard Nixon, at right. Between them is moderator Howard K. Smith. The big......

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 Tags  John F. Kennedy   presidential debate   Richard Nixon   TV  

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Whitehouse to head hearing on end-of-life decision making

10:35 AM Wed, Sep 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

WASHINGTON - To identify barriers to end-of-life decision-making, and raise awareness about the need for solutions, U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse will chair a hearing today before the Senate Special Committee on Aging to hear from medical and legal experts about......

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 Tags  hearing on end-of-life issues   Senate Special Committee on Aging   Whitehouse  

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Little glitches marked R.I.'s Primary Day

5:53 PM Mon, Sep 22, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Andrea Panciera    Email

It was hard to tell where exactly the glitches began on Primary Day. First a ballot memory pack got locked in a Providence school and a second one temporarily disappeared. Then the computers in Woonsocket reportedly forgot to count two......

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 Tags  R.I. elections   R.I. primary  

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Brown poll: McCain cuts into Obama's lead

1:54 PM Mon, Sep 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

Seventy percent of registered voters in Rhode Island think the state has gone off in the wrong direction, according to a survey conducted by Brown University. The survey results, which are based on a random sample of 652 voters in......

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 Tags  Brown University   election   politics poll   R.I. voters   Taubman Center for Public Policy  

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Photo: Hillary gives press the high sign

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By Andrea Panciera    Email

Journal photo / Bob Thayer U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton waves to assembled press as her motorcade breezes down Shore Drive in Bristol today on her way to a fundraiser at the home of Alan Hassenfeld, head of toymaker Hasbro.......

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 Tags  Hillary Clinton   Hillary Clinton in Bristol  

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In R.I. today: Fundraiser for Hillary, rally for Barack

11:42 AM Fri, Sep 19, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

The Democrats are making their presence felt today in Rhode Island. U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign will hold an open house and rally for volunteers and supporters on today at 6 p.m. at the Rhode Island for Obama headquarters......

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 Tags  Hillary Clinton   Obama   R.I. Democrats  

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