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By Paul Grimaldi PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano, a candidate for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, appeared with U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy Tuesday afternoon for a news conference on consumer legislation. But despite being pressed by a group...
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By Phil Marcelo Journal State House Bureau A third potential primary candidate for state treasurer has backed out. Providence City Councilor Michael A. Solomon, a Democrat who represents Elmhurst and Mount Pleasant, will seek a second term on the council...
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By Steve Peoples Journal State House Bureau The Ocean State Policy Research Institute is growing. The Providence-based group known for its support of conservative principles -- board members include First Lady Suzanne Carcieri and unsuccessful GOP congressional candidate Jonathan P....
World
Foreign Policy
By Steve Peoples Journal State House Bureau Turkey Day came early for the Gray Panthers, a group of elderly Rhode Islanders known for both their passion and sense of humor. Last Tuesday, the organization presented its "2009 Turkey of the...
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Turkey
General David Petraeus
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Another high-stakes Democratic primary is shaping up, with two veteran lawmakers - House Finance Chairman Steven Costantino and state Sen. William J. Walaska - getting closer by the day to announcing their possible candidacies for state treasurer....
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William Jefferson
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- State Sen. William Walaska intends to set the stage for a possible run for state treasurer, by notifying the state Board of Elections within the next few days of his intent to start raising money to run...
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- With a text-messaging ban and a new drunken-driving law under their belts, key lawmakers are promising to renew their efforts to win passage of bills to allow the police to stop and tag people for driving without...
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By Steve Peoples, Journal State House Bureau Someone may have awarded Little Rhody three new Congressional districts while we weren't looking. We thought there were just two until last week, when we surfed over to Recovery.gov, the Obama administration's Web...
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Stimulus Plan
Barack Obama
By Steve Peoples, Journal State House Bureau Elizabeth "Betsy" Dennigan has earned the endorsement of the "largest organization of feminist activists in the United States." The National Organization for Women is backing the former East Providence state representative who moved...
Congress
United States
By Katherine Gregg, Journal State House Bureau Two of the four Kilmartin brothers from Pawtucket are headed to Germany on the day after Thanksgiving to deliver a stack of greeting cards -- and yes, that includes House Majority Whip Peter...
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Germany
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Governor Carcieri has canceled his plan to fly to Lost Pines, Texas Wednesday to attend an annual meeting of the Republican Governors Association. With the RGA picking up all but $304.60 of the travel costs to...
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Carcieri is headed to the Hyatt Regency resort and spa in Lost Pines, Texas Wednesday for the Republican Governors Association's annual conference. Before heading back Thursday, he is scheduled to moderate a discussion on energy. A...
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE,R.I. -- State Sen. Frank A. Ciccone is calling for a legislative inquiry into the state's role in choosing managers for the bankrupt Twin River, and potential award of the gambling license -...
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Carcieri landed on national television Monday night as the "star'' of a biting -- but laugh-out-loud -- segment on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report'' about his veto of a bill that would have given gays the...
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Colbert Report
PROVIDENCE, R.I. --Three of the best-known faces from the 2006 Harrah's-financed Narragansett Indian casino drive returned to the State House Friday for a private meeting with General Treasurer Frank Caprio. The delegation included the Narragansett's Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas, lobbyist...
World
General David Petraeus
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- East Greenwich business executive Rory Smith has begun to assemble a consulting team for his fledgling Republican campaign for governor. On Monday, he announced his hiring of the New Hampshire-based Norway Hill Associates, led by David Carney,...
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Lamar Smith
Norway
CRANSTON, R.I. -- Mayor Allan W. Fung said he was following the advice of city lawyers this week when he vetoed two ordinances that would have created local rules for lenders to follow when foreclosing on residential properties. The Republican...
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Despite less-than-stellar fund-raising in the last quarter, former U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee says that his exploratory campaign' for governor is alive and well after a major cost-cutting move, and that he has poll results that show him...
Congress
Gallup Poll
By Karen Lee Ziner Journal staff writer CENTRAL FALLS, RI -- George L. Ortiz Jr., who was named interim director of the advocacy organization Progreso Latino in late September, has resigned. A statement released Friday announcing Ortiz's departure, is dated...
Congress
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- U.S. Sen. Jack Reed will be among the panelists Sunday on CBS's Face the Nation when the group discusses the Fort Hood shootings and the elections this week. Reed will be joined at 10:30 a.m. on WPRI-TV...
