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October 2008 Archives
6:52 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Hill Journal staff writer Well, it looks like the first return for the presidential election is in, and Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau is calling the election for Barack Obama. In a strip sent to newspapers and set to......
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1:32 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
Here by popular demand is an updated list of state lawmakers getting free health, dental and vision care coverage at a cost to taxpayers of $6,247 for each individual plan, $17,454 for each family package. The number has shrunk dramatically......
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1:22 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
Rhode Island's part-time lawmakers have gotten an automatic 4.3 percent raise. Without announcement, fanfare or vote, the salaries of rank-and-file lawmakers went from $13,508 to $14,089 annually on July 1. The House Speaker and Senate president get twice that. The......
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4:57 PM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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Catherine O'Brien, 86, of Pawtucket, holds her election official pin that she recieved after attending a class for poll workers. Watch the video O'Brien will be working at the polls this Tuesday, as she has for 20 years. Providence Journal......
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4:01 PM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
Rhode Island's U.S. attorney has appointed the federal officer who will oversee handling of election fraud complaints and voting rights abuses in consultation with the Justice Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Terrence P. Donnelly will serve as federal district election officer......
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5:37 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
One-time presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee will be in Rhode Island tomorrow night speaking at Brown University. Huckabee, will deliver what Brown is calling "a behind-the-scenes perspective on his primary run and the upcoming Presidential election in......
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4:29 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE -- The Carcieri administration has given its chief of legal services, Louis DeQuattro, a new title and a $33,183 raise. In response to inquiries, the state personnel office acknowledged DeQuattro's promotion to associate director of administration / purchasing agent,......
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4:11 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis will appear on CNN Radio to talk about how Rhode Island is preparing for what could be a record voter turnout in next week's presidential elections. Recorded by phone this morning, the interview could......
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3:48 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
PROVIDENCE -- Cheryl Russell sat alone in a folding chair on the State House's front steps this afternoon, bundled up in a parka and fleece blanket. Despite a stiff late-October breeze, she said she wasn't cold. "I really don't feel......
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12:59 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
U.S. Rep. James Langevin carved out time to tape a joint appearance with Mark Zaccaria, his Republican challenger in the Second Congressional District, on WJAR-Channel 10's Sunday morning Political Roundtable. It aired last weekend. But Rhode Island's First District Congressman......
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6:16 PM Tue, Oct 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
One week from today, more than half a million Rhode Islanders could flood the polls, breaking all previous voting records. And that could spell big problems. To help disperse the expected crowds and ward off potential snags, Secretary of State......
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1:14 PM Tue, Oct 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has joined former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in calling for better health care through computer technology. In an opinion essay published in today's Washington Times, the bipartisan pair......
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2:45 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg State House bureau PROVIDENCE - A dozen Republican candidates for state and federal offices gathered outside the State House today to talk about what they would do to reverse the state's "atrocious'' highest-in-the-nation unemployment rate. Jonathan Scott,......
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1:15 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- If there was any good news to come out of the State House this morning, it's that Rhode Island isn't the only New England state in recession. "Misery loves company. And Rhode Island has plenty of it," said......
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1:56 PM Fri, Oct 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
CONCORD, N.H. -- Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, a Republican, endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president today, citing the senator's good judgment, "deep sense of calm" and "first-class political temperament." Weld said he has never endorsed a Democrat for president......
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12:10 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
PROVIDENCE -- Among the other interesting moments at last night's RIPEC dinner... Longtime RIPEC director Gary Sasse, now chief of Governor Carcieri's Department of Revenue, was among the headliners. He had just learned the week before that RIPEC had established......
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12:07 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
PROVIDENCE -- Governor Carcieri was among a handful of high-profile speakers at last night's annual dinner for the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council. His opened his remarks with a bit of humor, although it wasn't intentional. Just as he was......
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11:39 AM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Frieda Squires Rep. Patrick Kennedy was greeted by Vivian Weisman, executive director of the Mental Health Association of R.I., at a thank-you party today at Providence Piers. Kennedy was the co-sponsor of mental health parity legislation......
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6:36 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
The Navy's top officer today gave a ringing endorsement of the submarine program, calling it a ``killer arrow'' among the weapons available to commanders. ``I love submarines,'' Adm. Gary Roughead, the Chief of Naval Operations, told a convention of......
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3:42 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
Call it a bit of fall cleaning, if you will. The citizens-advocacy group Operation Clean Government is giving out two Golden Broom Awards to Rhode Islanders who fight for more open and honest government in Rhode Island. This year's winners......
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1:32 PM Tue, Oct 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Barbara Polichetti Journal Staff Writer CRANSTON -- Democratic mayoral candidate Cindy Fogarty will speak about the relationship between faith and government at the 9 a.m. service this Sunday at the Church of the Ascension, 390 Pontiac Ave. She is......
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10:27 AM Tue, Oct 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
It's that time of year again. The General Assembly has released the schedule for the biannual event that will determine the size of Rhode Island's budget deficit. The fall Revenue & Caseload Estimating Conference begins Oct. 27 -- one week......
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2:55 PM Mon, Oct 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
In 1944, the GI Bill revolutionized the higher education system in this country, allowing millions of American veterans to go to college. But that was 60 years ago. Since then, the cost of a college education has skyrocketed and GI......
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7:07 PM Fri, Oct 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Journal State House bureau PROVIDENCE -- Thousands of rank-and-file union members will vote next week on a four-year contract that will increase their health care costs, delay pay increases in the first year, and boost co-pays for......
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6:30 PM Fri, Oct 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
PROVIDENCE -- Governor Carcieri is scheduled to meet on Monday with Aziz Mekouar, Morocco's ambassador to the United States. The governor's scheduled shows him meeting with the ambassador between 1:30 and 2 p.m. The ambassador is also scheduled to speak......
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5:33 PM Fri, Oct 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
PROVIDENCE -- The governor's office has confirmed that a private consulting firm is working with state officials on plans to transform Rhode Island's Medicaid system. The Lucas Group, which has offices in Boston and Toronto, is working on the state's......
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4:10 PM Fri, Oct 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
Republican Governor Carcieri is all over the airwaves as the voice -- or financial sponsor -- of paid radio ads lamenting the state's political status quo and putting the "blame for the state of our state'' squarely on the shoulders......
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3:41 PM Fri, Oct 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
The governor's spokeswoman Amy Kempe couldn't help noticing a troubling television commercial during the breaks of last night's Red Sox game. "Vote NO on Question 1. It's a reckless idea," read the words flashing across the screen. The advertisement --......
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3:26 PM Fri, Oct 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
Ellen Nelson, the former director of the state Department of Mental Health, Retardation & Hospitals, has left the state payroll after a stint as special adviser to the governor on hospital mergers and acquisitions. In an interview, Nelson confirmed that......
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2:42 PM Fri, Oct 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
For the second time this month, the General Assembly has hired the relative of an elected official. Margaret Shanley, the daughter of outgoing Rep. John P. Shanley, Jr. D-South Kingstown, is now working for Capitol TV, the Legislative-run television station.......
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5:49 PM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
The Rhode Island Supreme Court has denied state Sen. Stephen D. Alves' request for an appeal of his Democratic primary loss, ending his quest for a new election and cementing Michael J. Pinga as the winner, according to Alves' lawyer.......
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12:31 PM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- David Anderson, a Republican candidate for state representative, has filed a report with police alleging thefts of his campaign signs along Hope Street, his campaign announced today. Anderson, who is running for......
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9:56 AM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo/ Bill Murphy Actor Martin Sheen (right) greets workers at UPS in Warwick, as he campaigns for U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (center) this morning. Kennedy, D-R.I., faces a challenge from Republican Jonathan Scott in the November election.......
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8:30 AM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- A prominent gun control organization has endorsed Sen. Jack Reed for reelection. Reed, D-R.I., won praise from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence -- named for Jim Brady, the onetime press secretary to Ronald Reagan who suffered......
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8:02 AM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
Election Day is still almost three weeks off, but the congressional post-season is already underway, with lobbying groups and commentators passing out garlands to favored legislators. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., can point this week to applause for his work on......
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4:24 PM Wed, Oct 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
LACONIA, N.H. -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, this afternoon drew similarities between residents of her state and New Hampshire, from moose hunting to dog sledding, as she appealed to voters here three weeks before Election......
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2:23 PM Wed, Oct 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
AP photo / Jim Cole Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin strides onto the stage for a campaign event in Dover, N.H., today. LACONIA, N.H. -- The tourists and motorcycle ralliers are gone with the summer, but a crowd......
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12:25 PM Wed, Oct 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
AP photo A member of the media works in the filing center yesterday at the site of the presidential debate tonight at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. Want to watch tonight's presidential debate around the politically savvy? You could......
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