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October 5, 2008 - October 11, 2008 Archives

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Court to hear ACLU's complaint over West Warwick political signs

4:18 PM Fri, Oct 10, 2008 | | Comments (6)
By Susan Areson    Email

By Mike McKinney projo.com Staff Writer A hearing has been scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday on the ACLU's lawsuit accusing the town of West Warwick of discriminatory enforcement of an ordinance that limits the size of campaign signs. The Rhode......

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 Tags  ACLU   political signs   Rhode Island   West Warwick  

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Pichardo travels to Denver for national effort to help the poor

3:58 PM Fri, Oct 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Steve Peoples    Email

State Sen. Juan Pichardo doesn't usually hide his support for human service programs that help low-income Rhode Islanders. Now, the Providence Democrat will have a chance to push his agenda on a national scale. Pichardo has been named vice chairman......

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 Tags  human services   National Conference of State Legislatures   Providence Sen. Juan Pichardo   Rhode Island  

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Rhode Island ad campaign urges women to vote

1:04 PM Fri, Oct 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Susan Areson    Email

The Women's Fund of Rhode Island has launched a radio and television campaign to encourage women to vote. "We want every woman to know how important her vote is," said Marcia Coné-Tighe, executive director of the Women's Fund. "We know......

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 Tags  ad campaign   get-out-the-vote   Women's Fund of Rhode Island  

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Gen. Treasurer Caprio seeks to recover $62 million in frozen state money

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By Susan Areson    Email

By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau The state is taking steps to try to recover $62 million in state-owned assets from a money-market fund frozen by the Securities & Exchange Commission in late September, the state's Gen. Treas. Frank......

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 Tags  Frank Caprio   frozen funds   Rhode Island   SEC  

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Governor awaits his moment on ABC World News Tonight

6:08 PM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Katherine Gregg    Email

Gov. Carcieri has only one event on his public schedule Friday: a 2 p.m. interview with ABC World News Tonight. In response to an inquiry, his spokeswoman Amy Kempe said an ABC film crew was headed to Rhode Island......

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 Tags  ABC World News Tonight   Amy Kempe   Governor Carcieri  

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R.I. legislators renew call to eliminate Electoral College

10:00 AM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Comments (4)
By Cynthia Needham    Email

With less than a month to go before the November presidential election, legislators have renewed their calls for changes to the Electoral College system, saying it's the best way to increase Rhode Island's relevance in the campaign process. Since the......

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 Tags  Electoral College   FairVote   Rhode Island  

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Brown professor to speak on NASA missions at Virginia conference

4:18 PM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau    Email

A Brown University professor who was active in the early stages of the nation's manned space travel program will be one of a handful of featured speakers next week at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the National Aviation......

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 Tags  Apollo   Brown University   James W. Head III   NASA  

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R.I. Guard's Operation Holiday Cheer moving ahead

4:17 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Steve Peoples    Email

Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts is already looking ahead to the holiday season. She's helping kick off this year's "Operation Holiday Cheer" Wednesday morning at the Rhode Island National Guard Command Readiness Center on New London Avenue in Cranston. The effort......

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 Tags  care packages   Elizabeth Roberts   Operation Holiday Cheer   Rhode Island National Guard  

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Ethics board finds probable cause against Woonsocket mayor

3:14 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By maria caporizzo    Email

By Tatiana Pina Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- The Rhode Island Ethics Commission says there is probable cause to go to trial for an ethics complaint against Woonsocket Mayor Susan Menard that alleges she violated the ethics code by leasing......

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 Tags  complaint   Ethics Commission   mayor   Providence   Susan Menard   Woonsocket  

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Governor swears in Workers Compensation judge

2:22 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Comments (6)
By Katherine Gregg    Email

The state's Workers Compensation Court got a new judge today with the swearing in by Governor Carcieri of Robert M. Ferrieri. Carcieri assured the legislators and judges and courthouse staff assembled in the State House rotunda that "there is......

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 Tags  Governor Carcieri   Robert M. Ferrieri   Workers Compensation Court  

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Providence mayor's sister gets State House job

5:24 PM Mon, Oct 06, 2008 | | Comments (5)
By Katherine Gregg    Email

Think the state has a hiring freeze? Think again. Providence Mayor David Cicilline's sister, Roberta Cicilline-DiMezza, started work at the State House today in her new job working for the General Assembly, which is out of session. In a brief......

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 Tags  Providence mayor   Rhode Island General Assembly   Roberta Cicilline-DiMezza  

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Rep. Frank: Veiled racism in GOP housing-crisis criticisms

4:44 PM Mon, Oct 06, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

BOSTON -- Rep. Barney Frank said today that Republican criticism of Democrats over the nation's housing crisis is a veiled attack on the poor that's racially motivated. The Massachusetts Democrat, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said the GOP......

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 Tags  housing crisis   racism   Rep. Barney Frank   Wall Street  

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Chafee, Widmer to speak on foreign policy

2:32 PM Mon, Oct 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Cynthia Needham    Email

With the nation's attention captivated by the economic woes of late, where does foreign policy factor in? Former Sen. Lincoln Chafee and Ted Widmer, a one-time speechwriter for President Clinton, now director of the John Carter Brown Library, will address......

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 Tags  John Carter Brown Library   Lincoln Chafee   President Clinton   Providence Athenaeum   Ted Widmer  

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