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House budget: Free health care for legislators is spared

1:56 PM Wed, Jun 24, 2009 | | Comments (2)
By Katherine Gregg    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It is budget-cutting day at the State House, but not when it comes to the free health care packages costing up to $17,296 that are given the state's part-time lawmakers and their own families. The $7.76 billion......

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 Tags  health care   House budget  

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Update: Sen. Blais discliplined for pharmacy violations

4:04 PM Thu, Jun 18, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Katherine Gregg    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. --The state Board of Pharmacy has taken disciplinary action against Sen. Leo R. Blais, R-Coventry, for a spate of violations uncovered in a routine state inspection of his pharmacy, Pawtuxet Valley Prescription & Surgical Center, in October 2007,......

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 Tags  Coventry RI   Leo Blais   RI Health Department  

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Carcieri chides Roberts for comments on Lucas payment

4:10 PM Tue, Jun 16, 2009 | | Comments (5)
By Katherine Gregg    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Republican Governor Carcieri is lashing back at Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts, a Democrat, for what he calls her "irresponsible and erroneous accusations'' about his administration's agreement to pay $370,000 to the Lucas Group for its consulting work......

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 Tags  Carcieri   Lucas Group   Medicaid waiver  

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Update: R.I. GOP chief fires back on Carcieri backers

3:58 PM Tue, Jun 16, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Katherine Gregg    Email

PAWTUCKET, R.I. - Democratic Party Chairman Bill Lynch is demanding that Republican Governor Carcieri disclose the names of any "corporate backers'' paying for the radio ad campaign touting his tax-and-spending proposals. There was no immediate response from the governor's office,......

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 Tags  Carcieri   Pawtucket RI   William Lynch  

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Carcieri administration pledges to keep overnight gambling

10:43 AM Tue, Jun 16, 2009 | | Comments (3)
By Katherine Gregg    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A top-level Carcieri administration official has written House Finance Chairman Steven Costantino to assure him of his commitment to continuing overnight gambling at Twin River on weekends and the nights before holidays. The letter went out......

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 Tags  Carcieri   greyhound racing   Lincoln RI   Providence ri   Twin River  

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UPDATE: R.I. officials call for probe of $370,000 payment

6:20 PM Mon, Jun 15, 2009 | | Comments (2)
By Katherine Gregg    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Support for an investigation of the Carcieri administration's newly-disclosed agreement to pay $370,000 to a no-bid, no-contract Medicaid consultant is growing, with both Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts and Atty. Gen. Patrick C. Lynch demanding answers and a......

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 Tags  Carcieri   Lucas Group   Medicaid waiver   Providence ri  

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Lt. Gov. Roberts seeks probe of $370,000 consultant pact

1:31 PM Mon, Jun 15, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Katherine Gregg    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Lt. Gov. Elizabeth H. Roberts is calling for an investigation by the attorney general into the Carcieri administration's promise to pay $370,000 to a no-bid, no-contract consultant on Medicaid reform that it had previously - and......

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 Tags  Carcieri   Lucas Group   Medicaid waiver  

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Carcieri administration to pay $370,000 for 'voluntary' work

5:12 PM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Katherine Gregg    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Three days after the Senate confirmation of a new state chief of health and human services amid unanswered questions about the role played by a no-bid, no-contract consultant on Rhode Island's Medicaid overhaul, the Carcieri administration has......

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Spat flares between Carcieri and R.I. House GOP leader

2:09 PM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Katherine Gregg    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The chasm between Republican Governor Carcieri and House Republican Leader Robert Watson flared to the forefront again last week when Watson voted against an insurance bill, carrying his name, that he had introduced for the administration.......

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 Tags  Carcieri   Ethics Commission   Providence ri  

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R.I. Senate to vote whether to require dog racing at Twin River

3:39 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Katherine Gregg    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The state Senate has approved legislation to force the owners of the Twin River greyhound track and slot parlor to continue live dog-racing as a condition for remaining open all-night on weekends and holidays. The vote was......

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 Tags  dog racing   gambling   Lincoln RI   RI Senate   Twin River  

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RI House opens door for parents of deceased children to sue

9:54 AM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Katherine Gregg    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- State lawmakers are attempting to give parents who have lost an adult child as the result of a "wrongful act, neglect or default of another person'' a new right to sue for loss of companionship and collect......

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 Tags  Charlene Lima   Francis J. Marx   Robert Watson  

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Study: Pension changes could save R.I. $90 million

3:42 PM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Katherine Gregg    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - After more than a year of study, a panel appointed by House Speaker William J. Murphy has posted online the results of a study pointing the way to a potential $90 million in taxpayer savings on......

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 Tags  House Speaker William Murphy   pensions   Providene ri  

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