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December 16, 2007 - December 22, 2007 Archives

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Cicilline to announce storm review findings tomorrow

1:46 PM Wed, Dec 19, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline tomorrow afternoon will announce the results of a review of the city's response to last Thursday's snow storm, his office says. Cicilline ordered Police Chief Dean Esserman and Chief of Administration John Simmons to conduct......

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Newport voters cast ballots today in special election

9:55 AM Tue, Dec 18, 2007 | | Comments (1)
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

NEWPORT — Voters will decide today who will fill the legislative seat of Paul W. Crowley, who died Sept. 25 as the longest serving Democratic in the state House of Representatives. The race for Newport’s Dist. 75 seat pits Democrat......

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Protest threat by casino foes gets House speaker's ear

11:21 AM Mon, Dec 17, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

By promising a hearing in Newport if a 24-hour gambling proposal makes it to his chamber, House Speaker William J. Murphy averted a protest outside the House of Representatives’ annual Christmas party at Newport’s Viking Hotel last Friday. Here’s the......

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Commissioner Koller’s a 'voice' in government

11:20 AM Mon, Dec 17, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Towering above the other singers performing Handel’s Messiah in Veterans Memorial Auditorium a week ago was a familiar face in governmental circles: state Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher Koller. With a tinge of self-deprecating humor, the 6-foot, 7-inch Koller describes his......

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GOP signature drive lags

11:18 AM Mon, Dec 17, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Dave Talan, of Providence, a longtime Republican operative in Rhode Island, is worried that the GOP is not doing a good job of getting the 1,000 signatures required of each presidential candidate to qualify for placement on the March primary......

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R.I. factory payrolls continue to shrink

11:18 AM Mon, Dec 17, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

This just in from the Economic Policy Institute, a national research organization: Once again, Rhode Island is near the top in New England in a dubious-distinction category — the percentage of manufacturing jobs lost between March 2001 and October 2007.......

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Roberts blasts 'inadequate' response to storm

11:17 AM Mon, Dec 17, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts was the only Smith Hill official to blast the state response to last week’s snowstorm that caused gridlock the likes of which the state hasn’t seen since 1978. “Clearly, the response that was shown across the......

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