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March 2008 Archives
9:33 AM Mon, Mar 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter  Email
The Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency now has three people entitled to speak in its name: Steve Kass, its main spokesman, Brittan Bates, an alternate, and, in critical situations, Maj. Gen. Robert T. Bray, the agency’s director and acting executive......
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9:29 AM Mon, Mar 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
The general treasurer’s office was embarrassed last week after the release of its annual list of unclaimed property such as inactive bank accounts. The cover of the 48-page publication features money falling from the sky toward an outstretched pair of......
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9:28 AM Mon, Mar 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Two years after leaving his perch as chief economist for the state Budget Office for a job in the private sector, Paul Dion is back. Dion has been hired by the director of the new Department of Revenue to serve......
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9:27 AM Mon, Mar 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
If you’re thinking about visiting the House Lounge for a little R&R during your next visit to the State House, think again. House leaders have revived an old rule that only the House legislators, their staff and, yes, we here......
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9:25 AM Mon, Mar 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Jessica Buhler, a familiar face in State House hallways, left the advocacy group for the elderly last week after five years as the organization’s leader. She was the coalition’s first director, and played an active lobbying role in the debate......
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9:24 AM Mon, Mar 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Political Scene noticed strange sounds coming from upstairs at the State House Friday afternoon. It turns out that a team of workers were busy inside the corner office usually occupied by the governor’s chief legal counsel, Kernan “Kerry” King. The......
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5:50 PM Tue, Mar 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Karen Bordeleau Email
BOSTON -- This could make for one odd family reunion: Barack Obama is a distant cousin of actor Brad Pitt, and Hillary Rodham Clinton is related to Pitt's girlfriend, Angelina Jolie. Researchers at the New England Historic Genealogical Society found......
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9:21 AM Mon, Mar 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
If the close of last week marked a solemn occasion, the beginning was anything but. With celebrations throughout the state commemorating St. Patrick’s and St. Joseph’s days, there were green beer and zeppoles aplenty in the Ocean State. Nowhere was......
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9:20 AM Mon, Mar 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
After lobbing grenades at the current management of the state Republican Party, South Kingstown GOP Chairman Dave Cote and his political ally — former Cranston Mayor Steve Laffey — are mounting what they are calling an “unprecedented” fundraising effort. An......
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9:19 AM Mon, Mar 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Little Rhody wields some big power in the nation’s capital, at least according to this year’s edition of the so-called “power rankings.” Each year, Congress evaluates the performance of members of each chamber and calculates a ranking system. According to......
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9:18 AM Mon, Mar 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
The Justinian Law Society of Rhode Island, the local affiliate of the national Italian-American Bar Association, has given its annual Distinguished Public Service Award to Pasco “Pat” Picano Jr., administrative clerk of the state Superior Court for Providence and Bristol......
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9:17 AM Mon, Mar 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Woonsocket and Cumberland voters in Senate District 20 headed to the polls Tuesday in the special Democratic primary to replace longtime Sen. Roger R. Badeau, who died in January. Rep. Roger A. Picard easily won the primary, fending off challenges......
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9:34 AM Mon, Mar 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
One of Governor Carcieri’s new appointees to the state Ethics Commission is related to his wife, Suzanne Carcieri, although apparently not closely enough to get the governor in trouble with the state Code of Ethics for a third time. Sister......
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9:33 AM Mon, Mar 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
How much impact did Rhode Island actually have on the fierce contest between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama for the 2,000-plus delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination for president? For those still waiting for a final account of......
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9:32 AM Mon, Mar 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
When Geraldine Ferraro, who 24 years ago was the first woman to run on a national presidential ticket, spoke at Bryant University last Thursday, she spoke fondly of her ties to Rhode Island. Two of her daughters graduated from Brown......
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9:31 AM Mon, Mar 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
He has more than $3 million in the bank and no opponent in sight, but Sen. Jack Reed continues to harvest campaign cash. Reed’s next fundraiser is tomorrow night in Providence, at the Wayland Square home of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse......
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9:28 AM Mon, Mar 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Tucked within Governor Carcieri’s 254-page budget bill is a six-line plan to cut funds for the printed version of the book that symbolizes open government in Rhode Island. The secretary of state’s office publishes the Rhode Island Government Owner’s Manual......
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9:27 AM Mon, Mar 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Senator Reed was among those honored last week for his interest and efforts in the peace process in Ireland. The Rhode Island Democrat joined Representatives Edward Markey, D-Mass., and Christopher Smith, R-N.J., in collecting laurels at the 16th-annual dinner of......
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4:00 PM Fri, Mar 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
The Cumberland and Woonsocket Boards of Canvassers have announced polling places and hours for the special Senate District 20 primary on Tuesday. There are three candidates, all Democrats, running for the seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Roger......
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6:54 PM Mon, Mar 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
Mark Zaccaria CRANSTON -- Mark Zaccaria, a Republican business owner from North Kingstown, this morning announced his plan to run against Democrat U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin in the 2008 election. Langevin represents Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District. Zaccaria called......
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2:11 PM Wed, Mar 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE -- The House Judiciary Committee is considering legislation that would ban straight ticket voting in Rhode Island elections. Rhode Island is in a minority of states that allows straight ticket voting, which lets voters select candidates entirely from the......
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2:42 PM Tue, Mar 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
Journal photo / Gretchen Ertl Voters wait in line to cast their primary ballots today at the South Kingstown High School. Certain words are echoing around the state of Rhode Island as voters turn out for the presidential primary.......
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7:18 PM Mon, Mar 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
Projo.com will be on the job throughout the day Tuesday and into the night as Rhode Islanders go to the polls for what may become a historic presidential primary for the nation's smallest state. We'll be posting information about what's......
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6:04 PM Mon, Mar 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
Win or lose, there will be campaign parties going on in the Ocean State tomorrow night after the polls close. On the Republican side: Supporters of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will get together at the home of David B.......
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5:57 PM Mon, Mar 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
He's a Massachusetts senator, but John Kerry was in Providence and Newport today. He's the former mayor of Boston and former ambassador to the Vatican, but Raymond Flynn was in Providence today. The neighboring Bay State -- which held its......
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2:29 PM Mon, Mar 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
With at least three times as many ballots coming in by mail for this presidential primary than in years past, the state Board of Elections has its work cut out for it today and tomorrow. Robert Kando, the executive director......
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2:24 PM Mon, Mar 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
PROVIDENCE -- Rhode Islanders will have until 9 p.m. to cast their ballots in Tuesday's presidential primary. But at least one lawmaker believes that's too late. Rep. John Patrick Shanley of South Kingstown has filed a bill calling for an......
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9:33 AM Mon, Mar 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
PROVIDENCE — Guests at the Providence Newspaper Guild’s 35th annual Follies Friday got more celebrity star power than usual out of the night’s much-anticipated mystery guest. Instead of the local political flavor-of-the-month that tends to grace the stage at the......
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9:32 AM Mon, Mar 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
And back to the local political front… Governor Carcieri’s political coffers got a much-needed boost Thursday night at a fundraiser at East Providence’s Metacomet Country Club. The event drew about 50 people, and more importantly, about $50,000 in donations (though......
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9:29 AM Mon, Mar 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Official severing ties In hiring Republican John Robitaille to replace Steve Kass as his communications director, Governor Carcieri is bringing aboard the president of the Perspective Communications Group, a video-production and event management company that, according to its Web page,......
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9:23 AM Mon, Mar 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
The debate over proposed changes to the House rules was put to rest last week when Rules Committee Chairwoman Rep. Eileen S. Naughton, D-Warwick, announced that she would not hold hearings on any rule changes this session. “After consultation with......
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9:20 AM Mon, Mar 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Former Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee will discuss and sign his new memoir at 7 p.m. on April 3 at the Warwick Barnes & Noble. The book is titled Against the Tide: How a Compliant Congress Empowered a Reckless President. The......
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1:37 PM Sat, Mar 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
You can tell it's a big political year in Little Rhody when the New York Times takes notice. In a story today, Times reporter Abby Goodnough says the following: PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- For the first time anyone can remember, this......
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11:34 AM Sat, Mar 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
PROVIDENCE -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will make a campaign stop at Rhode Island College today, as the March 4 primary here and in three more states could prove crucial in picking the Democratic nominee. Doors open at noon......
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11:19 AM Sat, Mar 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
Journal photo / Kathy Borchers Chelsea Clinton addresses students on behalf of her mother, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton, at Roger Williams University yesterday afternoon. Ocean State campuses have been favorite venues for campaign stops this year. Her......
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