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R.I. to observe Peace Officers Memorial Day Friday

2:37 PM Thu, May 14, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Flags will be lowered to half staff Friday in observance of Peace Officers Memorial Day, Gov. Donald L. Carcieri announced Thursday. Peace Officers Memorial Day honors public servants who fight crime and those who have fallen in......

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R.I. House postpones vote on marijuana 'compassion centers'

4:56 PM Tue, May 12, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island House has postponed to May 20 a vote on a bill to allow licensed dispensaries -- known as "compassion centers" -- to grow and sell marijuana to the estimated 600 patients who currently have......

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R.I. Senate bans texting while driving; next stop, House

5:00 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | | Comments (3)
By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Senate voted 34-to-0 Thursday to ban texting while driving, a practice that local authorities blame for accidents and at least one fatality in Massachusetts this year. Under the proposed legislation, violators would pay a $50......

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Body found in Jamestown is former Senate leader's son's

montalbano_300.JPG 4:14 PM Wed, May 06, 2009 | | Comments (6)
By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island House Majority Leader Gordon D. Fox Wednesday fondly remembered former Senate President Joseph A. Montalbano's son as "a good kid" who was just starting life, and called his death a tragedy. Speaking to the entire......

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Twin River, facing bankruptcy, to suspend dog racing

6:38 PM Tue, May 05, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Maria Armental    Email

By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Owners of the Twin River greyhound track and slot parlor have put the state on notice they intend to "suspend'' dog-racing on May 31. In a letter hand-delivered to the......

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State police release details of Rep. Sullivan arrest

6:51 PM Thu, Apr 23, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

By Steve Peoples Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state police have released new details in the arrest of state Rep. Raymond J. Sullivan Jr., D-Coventry, for drunken driving. A state police cruiser parked on the right shoulder......

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Update: Senate panel approves marijuana dispensaries

5:58 PM Wed, Apr 22, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Senate committee on Health & Human Services unanimously approved Wednesday afternoon a bill to allow licensed dispensaries or "compassion centers" to grow and sell marijuana to the 600 patients who......

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Update: RI deputy majority leader facing DUI charges

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By Maria Armental    Email

By Thomas J. Morgan Journal Staff Writer Sullivan WARWICK, R.I. -- State police on Wednesday charged state Rep. Raymond J. Sullivan Jr., D-Coventry, with drunken driving, saying the Rhode Island House of Representatives' deputy majority leader was unable to recite......

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Senate approves supplemental budget as amended by House

6:26 PM Thu, Apr 02, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Senate approved Thursday afternoon a supplemental budget that aims to close a projected $357-million deficit in the state's $7.2 billion current-year spending plan. The vote was 32 to 6. No changes were made to the......

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Poll: Caprio, Lynch have edge in 4-way governor's race

10:41 AM Mon, Mar 02, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Maria Armental    Email

By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE -- In a four way Democratic Party primary race for governor in 2010, General Treasurer Frank Caprio and Attorney General Patrick Lynch would have an edge, according to a new public-opinion survey......

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Update: Senate leaders, Carcieri meet on stimulus funds

3:16 PM Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

By Steve Peoples Journal State House PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed and Senate Majority Leader Daniel P. Connors are meeting behind closed doors with Governor Carcieri to discuss the federal economic stimulus package and how the......

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Senators cancel trip to southwest Asia

12:22 PM Thu, Jan 08, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Jack Reed and several colleagues have canceled plans to travel to southwest Asia this week with vice president-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. Reed said this afternoon that most of the senators planning to participate in the bipartisan......

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