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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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 Tags  Governor Carcieri   Peace Officers Memorial Day   Providence RI  

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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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 Tags  legislature   marijuana   Providence RI  

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

5:00 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | | Comments (3)
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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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 Tags  ban on texting while driving   legislature   politics   Providence   RI R.I. Senate  

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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)
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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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 Tags  body recovered   Jamestown RI   Joseph Montalbano   Newport Bridge   Newport RI   North Providence RI  

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Twin River, facing bankruptcy, to suspend dog racing

6:38 PM Tue, May 05, 2009 | | Comments (1)
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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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 Tags  greyhound racing   Lincoln RI   Providence RI   Twin River   video slot  

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State police release details of Rep. Sullivan arrest

6:51 PM Thu, Apr 23, 2009 | | Write a comment
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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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 Tags  Coventry RI   drunken driving   Rep. Raymond J. Sullivan Jr.   Rhode Island State Police  

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Update: Senate panel approves marijuana dispensaries

5:58 PM Wed, Apr 22, 2009 | | Write a comment
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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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 Tags  compassion centers   General Assembly   medical marijuana   Rhode Island  

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Update: RI deputy majority leader facing DUI charges

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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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 Tags  Barack Obama   drunk driving   Rep. Raymond J. Sullivan Jr.   Rhode Island General Assembly  

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Senate approves supplemental budget as amended by House

6:26 PM Thu, Apr 02, 2009 | | Write a comment
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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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 Tags  budget   Governor Carcieri   Providence RI   State House   State Senate   supplemental budget  

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

10:41 AM Mon, Mar 02, 2009 | | Comments (1)
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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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 Tags  David Cicilline   Elizabeth Roberts   Frank Caprio   governor race   Joseph Trillo   Lincoln Chafee   Patrick Lynch   Polls   Rhode Island   RI   Steve Laffey  

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Update: Senate leaders, Carcieri meet on stimulus funds

3:16 PM Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | | Write a comment
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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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 Tags  $787 billion   federal economic stimulus package   Obama administration   President Obama   Rhode Island   state government   White House  

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Senators cancel trip to southwest Asia

12:22 PM Thu, Jan 08, 2009 | | Write a comment
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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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 Tags  Jack Reed   Joseph Biden   Senate   southwest Asia   vide president-elect  

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