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June 5, 2008 Archives

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Providence GOP gears up for races

3:43 PM Thu, Jun 05, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Susan Areson    Email

The Providence Republican Party will announce its slate of candidates for statewide and federal office on Monday night . City Party Chairman David Talan said that the party will unveil Republican challengers to incumbent Democratic U.S. Representatives James R. Langevin......

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Channel 10 stands by its story, but not the reporter's tone

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By Susan Areson    Email

The state Ethics Commission has yet to weigh in on the legality of Governor Carcieri’s hiring of his niece-in-law, but Carcieri has won a round in his battle with WJAR-Channel 10 over the station's handling of the story, first reported......

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Democrats to choose convention delegates Sunday in West Warwick

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By Scott MacKay    Email

Leading Rhode Island Democrats meet in a state convention Sunday in West Warwick to endorse candidates for federal offices and choose a slate to round out the state delegation of 37 delegates and alternates slated to attend the Democratic National......

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Whitehouse: Report shows Bush misled nation on Iraq threat

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By Mike McKinney    Email

WASHINGTON -- A new Senate report debunking the Bush administration’s pre-war claims about the threat from Iraq underlines "a disturbing pattern’’ of twisting the facts about important domestic and national defense issues, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse charged today. In a Senate......

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Special delivery -- with a twist

2:40 PM Thu, Jun 05, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Susan Areson    Email

A visit to Governor Carcieri’s media office Wednesday turned up a curious sight: 33 brand new Gateway computer monitors, stacked high and still in their packaging. Thirty-three new monitors during a budget crisis, you ask? Don’t point fingers too fast.......

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Calling all primary voters: A deadline looms

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By Susan Areson    Email

Deadlines loom for registered Republican and Democratic voters who want the freedom to cross party lines during the September 9 primaries for state, local and Congressional offices and for the candidates who plan to run those races. Voters affiliated with......

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Carcieri travels to D.C. for education discussion

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By Susan Areson    Email

Governor Carcieri traveled to Washington D.C. before sunrise on Wednesday for a journey that saw him back in Rhode Island shortly after lunch time. He was in the nation’s capital to sit on a panel, brought together by Education Week,......

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