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Sen. Whitehouse joins TV panel on health-care reform

11:48 AM Fri, Jun 19, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Friday morning, Sheldon Whitehouse joined Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski on MSNBC's Morning Joe for a discussion on health-care reform. The Rhode Isalnd Democrat talked about the urgent need to expand coverage to the millions of Americans without health......

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 Tags  health care reform   Rhode Island   Sheldon Whitehouse  

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2 R.I. names among Obama administration's nominees

2:07 PM Mon, Apr 27, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

By John E. Mulligan Washington bureau WASHINGTON _ Rhode Island will be well-represented in this week's consideration of nomineees to big jobs in the Obama administration. President Obama has nominated Elizabeth King, Sen. Jack Reed's chief staffer on defense issues,......

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 Tags  Cynthia Giles   defense   Elizabeth King   EPA   Obama administration   politics   Rhode Islanders  

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Sen. Reed to visit Iraq, Afghanistan, meet with R.I. troops

12:44 PM Mon, Apr 13, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

By John Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Sen. Jack Reed will depart with a Senate colleague Monday on a fact-finding tour of Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and several other countries in a region where American forces have been at war......

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 Tags  Afghanistan   Iraq   Jack Reed   Pakistan   Ted Kaufman  

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Chafee forms committee to explore run for governor

11:41 AM Mon, Apr 06, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

By Katherine Gregg Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Former U.S. Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee has announced the formation of an "exploratory campaign'' for the 2010 Rhode Island Governor's race. According to a statement issued this morning, "Chafee will spend......

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 Tags  2010 governor's race   exploratory committee   independent   Lincoln Chafee   politics  

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Providence mayor to meet with U.S. education secretary

11:39 AM Mon, Mar 30, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

By Philip Marcelo Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Mayor David N. Cicilline is in Washington, D.C. today to discuss the use of federal stimulus money for education with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Cicilline and three other mayors......

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 Tags  cicilline   duncan   education   providence   stimulus funds   u.s. conference of mayors   Washington DC  

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Ex-Sen. Revens earns regional higher education award

3:02 PM Wed, Feb 18, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

By Jennifer Jordan Journal staff writer Former State Sen. John C. Revens Jr., who served as a legislator on Smith Hill for four decades, will be honored March 6 at the New England Board of Higher Education's annual Excellence Awards......

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 Tags  Excellence Awards 2009   New England Board of Higher Education   Revens   Rhode Island  

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New officers chosen for R.I. Latino Political Action Committee

11:19 AM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

By Karen Lee Ziner Journal staff writer The Rhode Island Latino Political Action Committee (RILPAC) recently elected its 2009-2011 Board of Directors. The executive board officers are: Doris M. De Los Santos, president; Ysa Luna, vice president; Carmen Diaz-Jusino, secretary;......

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 Tags  2009 officers   election   Rhode Island Latino Political Action Committee  

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Beardsley pays visit to Cranston council

1:04 PM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | | Write a comment
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By Randal Edgar Journal staff writer Amid the swarm of people at Cranston's City Council meeting last week was one person more often seen at the State House. Dan Beardsley, executive director of the Rhode Island League of Cities and......

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 Tags  Cranston RI   Stop & Shop   zoning  

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Providence mayor invited to White House

5:55 PM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | | Write a comment
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By Thomas J. Morgan Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE - Mayor David N. Cicilline has been invited to the White House tomorrow by President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden as the Obama administration launches a new initiative designed to......

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 Tags  David N. Cicilline   Joe Biden   Middle Class Task Force   President Barack Obama   Providence Mayor   White House  

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Patrick Kennedy says cousin Caroline is ready to serve

2:29 PM Tue, Dec 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
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BRISTOL -- Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy says his famous cousin is prepared for public life as she seeks a seat in the U.S. Senate. Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, the daughter of slain President John F. Kennedy, recently told political leaders......

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 Tags  Barack Obama   Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg   Hillary Rodham Clinton   New York   Patrick Kennedy   politics   Senate  

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Photo: Bush considers mental-health bill 'historic'

mental_parity.jpg 6:36 PM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

White House photo / Eric Draper President George W. Bush is joined by Republican Sen. Pete V. Domenici of New Mexico, Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., and U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad, R-Minn.,......

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 Tags  bill signing   Edward Kennedy   mental health parity   Oval Office   Patrick Kennedy   President Bush  

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New Senate leadership team taking shape

12:32 PM Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau In her first act since fellow Democrats endorsed her for Senate president, Senate Majority Leader M. Teresa Paiva Weed today announced that she has chosen Sen. Daniel DaPonte to be the new Senate......

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 Tags  DaPonte   finance chairman   Paiva Weed   Senate leadership  

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