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June 8, 2008 - June 14, 2008 Archives
6:05 PM Fri, Jun 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney  Email
A past and a present member of Rhode Island's congressional delegation offered recollections about Tim Russert, the moderator of NBC's longtime Sunday morning political program "Meet the Press," who died today at age 58. "The country has lost a dear......
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5:05 PM Fri, Jun 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
PROVIDENCE -- The harried state budget season may be down to the final stretch. As they race to pass a budget a slew of yet-undecided bills, lawmakers have their fingers crossed that they’ll finish business and adjourn for the session......
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12:01 PM Fri, Jun 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Scott MacKay Email
Marion Orr, a political science professor and expert in urban politics, has been chosen as the new director of Brown University's Taubman Center for Public Policy, the university announced today. Orr succeeds longtime director and pollster Darrell West, who is......
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8:34 AM Fri, Jun 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Scott MacKay Email
Rhode Island Republicans have new leaders. The Republican state Convention, meeting in Lincoln Thursday evening, chose Rep. Carol Mumford, R-Scituate, as the party's national committee woman. Mumford succeeds GOP grand dame Eileen Slocum of Newport. Slocum, 95, has been a......
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6:05 PM Thu, Jun 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
PROVIDENCE -- The state Senate has approved bills to let high school students who meet qualifications work as polling place supervisors and moderators around Rhode Island. Students would be supervised by the ward or precinct board member and would not......
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2:25 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Scott MacKay Email
Mindy Myers, U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's chief of staff, is taking a leave of absence to work on Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Myers, 32, who was the campaign manager of the Rhode Island Democrat's successful 2006 campaign, will be the......
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2:07 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
COVENTRY -- Calling some of his work at the General Assembly “frustrating,” Rep. Victor G. Moffitt, a Republican representing District 28, said he will not seek a fourth term. Moffitt, 58, made his announcement yesterday, citing a desire to spend......
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11:20 AM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
Today is the deadline for the state's registered Republican and Democratic voters to disaffiliate so they can vote in whichever primary they choose on Sept. 9. But the Senate has green-lighted a bill that could change that, extending the deadline......
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4:59 PM Tue, Jun 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
In an open letter today to Senate President Joseph A. Montalbano, Common Cause Rhode Island decried vacancies on the Rhode Island Board of Elections. The letter reads in part: “We at Common Cause Rhode Island are deeply concerned that there......
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2:40 PM Mon, Jun 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Scott MacKay Email
Republican Jonathan Scott, who lost a 2006 run for the U.S. House against Democratic incumbent Patrick Kennedy, said today that he will seek a rematch against Kennedy in the 1st District. Scott is scheduled to make his formal announcement at......
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11:30 AM Mon, Jun 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE -- The House Finance Committee has marked a major juncture in this year’s waning legislative session by posting notice that it may unveil -- and vote -- on Wednesday on an as yet unseen version of the new state......
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10:23 AM Mon, Jun 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Scott MacKay Email
At Sunday's Democratic state convention, party leaders rounded out the delegation that will attend the Democratic National Convention in Denver in August. The convention, of course, chooses the party's presidential candidate. As has been the case for many years, the......
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9:40 AM Mon, Jun 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Several Smith Hill faces are on the growing list of candidates lining up for a shot to succeed Michael T. Napolitano as the mayor of Cranston. First, State House lobbyist and former Republican mayoral candidate Allan Fung expressed interest in......
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9:37 AM Mon, Jun 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Smith Hill politicians last week welcomed a group of young politicians and policy makers from Indonesia. The group traveled to Providence as part of a trip to learn about state and local governments in this country and to talk about......
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9:31 AM Mon, Jun 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is set to return home to Massachusetts today to recuperate from surgery for a cancerous brain tumor, according to his son Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I. The senator, who had been at Duke University Medical Center in......
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