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Rep. Loughlin hasn't decided on running vs. Kennedy

11:36 AM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | | Write a comment
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By Cynthia Needham Journal staff writer Despite mounting talk on local blogs about Rhode Island House Minority Whip John Loughlin's plan to challenge U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy for his congressional seat, Loughlin says this morning that he's made no decisions......

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Update: Whitehouse questions Sotomayor on her judicial demeanor

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By Jack Perry    Email

By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor meets with U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday. AP photo By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Federal......

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Update: Judge weighs Moderate Party's ballot access question

1:16 PM Thu, Apr 30, 2009 | | Write a comment
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By John Hill Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A federal judge said he'll probably rule with a month on whether the state's laws that specify how new political parties get on the statewide ballot are unconstitutional. U.S. District Court......

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Former presidential candidate Edwards to speak at Brown

2:43 PM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | | Comments (23)
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By Cynthia Needham Journal staff writer For months he's flown under the radar. Now John Edwards, the former United States senator and 2004 vice presidential candidate, is coming to Brown University next month. It appears the speaking engagement is one......

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Kennedy Center to celebrate Sen. Kennedy's birthday with special performance

11:00 AM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | | Write a comment
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lauren Bacall, Bill Cosby, performers from Broadway and some surprise guests will celebrate Sen. Edward Kennedy's recent birthday with a special performance at the Kennedy Center next month. The Massachusetts senator, who turned 77 on Feb. 22,......

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Sen. Whitehouse to chair subcommittees, review Bush actions

8:18 AM Fri, Feb 13, 2009 | | Comments (1)
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington bureau WASHINGTON -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has been made chairman of two Senate subcommittees that oversee a variety of policy areas in the government's judicial and environmental systems. The Rhode Island Democrat will use......

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Cicilline pushes stimulus plan in D.C., says senators must resolve differences

11:33 AM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 | | Write a comment
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington bureau WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Providence Mayor David Cicilline this morning joined a chorus of his colleagues from around the country in calling for senators to put aside partisanship and pass an urgent spending bill......

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Former Rhode Islander lands another tough job for a president

9:47 AM Tue, Feb 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Former Rhode Islander Christopher Hill, who toiled at one of the toughest diplomatic jobs during the Bush administration -- negotiations over North Korea's nuclear arms program -- has been tapped for......

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Paolino knows inaugural ubiquity

9:25 AM Mon, Jan 19, 2009 | | Write a comment
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau There's still two full days of Obama-celebration to go, but Joe Paolino is already a frontrunner for the 2009 Inaugural Ubiquity Award, Rhode Island Division. The former Providence mayor is everywhere. On Friday......

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Scenes from an inauguration

7:43 AM Mon, Jan 19, 2009 | | Write a comment
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By Lynn Arditi January 18, 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- If not for the machine-gun-toting FBI sharpshooters staked out around the base of the Washington Monument, you could almost forget that President-elect Barack Obama is not loved by all. Everywhere you......

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State mulls tapping disability fund to pay unemployment benefits

9:11 AM Wed, Jan 14, 2009 | | Write a comment
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House bureau By April, the fund that pays unemployment benefits "will likely'' need a loan to continue paying benefits, and a House committee is holding a hearing today on Governor Carcieri's bid to borrow that......

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Langevin returns to House Armed Services Committee

2:49 PM Tue, Jan 06, 2009 | | Write a comment
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By Maria Armental Projo.com staff writer WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., is returning to the House Armed Services Committee this session and taking a leave of absence from the Homeland Security Committee, his office announced in a press......

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