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Update: Obama to fill in for Sen. Kennedy at Wesleyan graduation

4:52 PM Thu, May 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

BOSTON -- U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy won't be able to deliver a commencement address to Wesleyan University graduates after being diagnosed with brain cancer, so Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will do so for him. Obama offered to stand in......

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Patrick Kennedy: Your support has helped lift my spirits

4:13 PM Thu, May 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, the Rhode Island Democrat whose father, Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, has been diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor, has released a statement today: “I have been overwhelmed by all the support and encouragement from......

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Thinking the unthinkable: Who could succeed Sen. Kennedy?

1:01 PM Thu, May 22, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Andrea Panciera    Email

WASHINGTON -- People in Massachusetts are thinking the unthinkable: Who possibly could succeed U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy? The news about the Massachusett Democrat's cancerous brain tumor has led to quiet speculation about whether he may try to handpick a successor.......

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Sen. Reed gets AFL-CIO board's election endorsement

12:42 PM Wed, May 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

Jack Reed, the state's senior U.S. senator, has picked up re-election endorsement from the Rhode Island AFL-CIO's executive board, representing 80,000 union members. The board voted unanimously Monday to support Reed, a Democrat who's been in the Senate 12 years......

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Female lawmakers in R.I.: Lowest rate in New England

1:08 PM Tue, May 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Scott MacKay    Email

The latest numbers on women in state legislatures are out, and Rhode Island doesn't stack up very well against its New England neighbors in female political success. The rankings, compiled annually by the Center for American Women and Politics at......

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Patrick Kennedy breaks hand in martial arts mishap / Photo

9:46 AM Tue, May 20, 2008 | | Comments (3)
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

AP photo U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., arrives at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Monday, May 19, 2008, where his father, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., is hospitalized. PROVIDENCE — As U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy arrived to see......

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Bill would grant anonymity to pamphleteers

3:38 PM Mon, May 19, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Should political flame-throwers have to identify themselves in the paid ads they place in newspapers or the campaign fliers they drop on doorsteps? Under current state law, the answer is yes. But a bill to repeal those requirements is headed......

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House votes tomorrow on health-cost sharing bill

3:38 PM Mon, May 19, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

A bill that would require Rhode Island’s $13,508-a-year part-time lawmakers to pay 10 percent of the cost of their state-provided health insurance is headed for a vote by the House of Representatives tomorrow. But recent comments by top Senate leader......

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Woonsocket's Mayor Menard slow to leave

3:35 PM Mon, May 19, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

And in case you missed it, here’s a bit of news from the wacky world of politics beyond Smith Hill. In early March, beleaguered Woonsocket Mayor Susan D. Menard threw in the towel during a tough week in which her......

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No cause for alarm, Ethics board tells Trillo

3:34 PM Mon, May 19, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Worried about a possible conflict of interest, Rep. Joseph A. Trillo sounded the alarm to the state Ethics Commission late last month about, um, alarms. In an April 28 letter to the commission, the Warwick Republican questioned whether it’s appropriate......

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House committee assignments reshuffled

3:34 PM Mon, May 19, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Roger A. Picard’s departure from the House to take the Senate seat he won in a special election triggered the latest shuffling of House committee seats last week. Peter Petrarca, of Lincoln, was elevated to vice chairman of the Corporations......

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