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Carcieri pulls posting for new PR job

5:32 PM Fri, Aug 01, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (3)
By Susan Areson    Email

By Mike McKinney, projo.com Governor Carcieri has ordered the state Department of Administration to remove its job posting for a public affairs officer, according to his office. On projo.com yesterday and in today's print edition, The Journal reported that the......

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 Tags  Carcieri   Department of Administration   public information officer  

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Staff changes afoot in R.I. House delegation

4:00 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau    Email

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rachael Bornstein, a longtime stalwart of Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy's staff, is moving downstairs in the Cannon House Office Building to run Rep. James R. Langevin's legislative shop. "I am delighted that Rachael has decided to come......

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Administration department looks to hire public affairs officer

2:26 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (3)
By Andrea Panciera    Email

By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau While Governor Carcieri hammers the need to reduce state spending, his Department of Administration has posted an opening for a newly created job for a public relations person -- at a salary of......

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 Tags  Department of Administration   Jerome Williams   oublic affairs officer  

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Mental health parity bill still on hold

9:25 AM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau    Email

WASHINGTON - Despite strong support in the House and the Senate, a popular bill to improve mental health insurance coverage has stalled once more, leaving Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy and other backers determined to renew their push for the legislation......

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 Tags  Edward M. Kennedy   mental health parity   Patrick Kennedy  

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Photo: The C-SPAN bus stops here

3:45 PM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

Journal photo / Kathy Borchers C-SPAN's "campaign bus" stops at Warwick City Hall toay, as part of an effort to get people interested in presidential campaign issues. The 45-foot mobile production studio is also on the trail to promote......

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 Tags  C-SPAN   C-SPAN bus   campaign   elections   voter education  

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Reed's housing effort for poor part of new housing law

10:25 AM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (3)
By Jack Perry    Email

WASHINGTON -- Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed's long-sought housing initiative for poor people has become law. A fund for the construction and repair of rental housing for the poor is at the heart of the housing rescue bill that President......

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 Tags  housing   Jack Reed   President Bush  

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CSPAN's campaign bus making stop in Warwick

4:16 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Scott MacKay    Email

CSPAN's "Road to the White House'' bus tour will land in Warwick this Wednesday afternoon. The bus, a 45-foot mobile studio used in the cable network's coverage of the presidential campaign, will be parked at Warwick City Hall from 2......

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 Tags  Avedisian   CSPAN   presidential campaign   Road to the White House bus tour   Warwick  

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Whitehouse among senators asking EPA chief to resign

4:04 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau    Email

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and two Democratic colleagues today called for the resignation of Stephen Johnson, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, charging that he based key policy decisions "on political considerations'' rather than on the scientific evidence. Whitehouse and Senators......

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 Tags  Boxer   EPA   Klobuchar   Senate Environment and Public Works committee   Stephen Johnson   Whitehouse  

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GOP grand dame Eileen Slocum dies

10:24 AM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Eileen Slocum, 30-year advocate and political fundraiser, died yesterday at Newport Hospital, according to her son. She was 92. Slocum, who hosted fundraisers in her Bellevue Avenue mansion and opened her gardens -- designed by Frederick Law Olmstead -- to......

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 Tags  Eileen Slocum   Newport   Republican  

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