http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/ en Copyright 2008 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:48:00 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss By Cynthia Needham Journal State House Bureau Gary Alexander for Governor in 2010? Don't bet on it. Talk of the Department of Human Services director staging a possible run for the top job began swirling after a New Hampshire politics... http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/dhs-director-qu.html http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/dhs-director-qu.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:48:00 -0500 AP photo / Jae C. Hong Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, accompanied by Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., second from right, and Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., right, speaks during a news conference at the citadel in Amman,... http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/obama-takes-iss.html http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/obama-takes-iss.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:26:00 -0500 By Cynthia Needham Journal State House Bureau Why quit while we're at it? Also in the new jobs department, Jennifer Wood, Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts' policy director, has taken over as her chief of staff, following the somewhat mysterious departure... http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/lt-gov-roberts-1.html http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/lt-gov-roberts-1.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:34:21 -0500 By Cynthia Needham Journal State House Bureau And speaking of new jobs, the state's sometimes beleaguered Division of Motor Vehicles has a new staffer. The agency announced Friday that Sara Rebecca "Sally" Strachan has been appointed associate director of Revenue... http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/new-face-at-the.html http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/new-face-at-the.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:31:24 -0500 By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau For some State House employees, the General Assembly's decision to wrap up the year during an unusual Saturday session was a bonanza. They didn't get overtime pay. But for every hour they worked... http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/early-wrap.html http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/early-wrap.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:29:27 -0500 Several challenges have been lodged on decisions to certify -- or not certify -- certain candidates for the Rhode Island election ballot, Secretary of State Ralph Mollis's office said. The deadline to challenge was 4 p.m. today for candidates in... http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/some-candidates.html http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/some-candidates.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:54:05 -0500 MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican government says it will honor U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy for his defense of immigrant rights. Mexico announced Friday it will award the Massachusetts Democrat the Aguila Azteca, the highest honor the government can bestow on... http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/mexican-governm.html http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/mexican-governm.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:28:05 -0500 Q.B.P. Tomorrow, those are the most important letters of the alphabet for Rhode Island candidates, political junkies and taxpayers alike. They stand for "qualified ballot position," which means a candidate for offices small and large, from town races to Congress,... http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/hold.html http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/hold.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:08:00 -0500 He turned 4 and learned he had cancer. The disease ended the life of Warwick's Benjamin Haight in August 2003. He was 9. Now, legislation sponsored by U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, R-R.I., to expand childhood cancer prevention research, inspired in... http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/he-turned-4-and.html http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/he-turned-4-and.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:37:00 -0500 The turf wars are under way in a crowded District 9 state Senate race, where the powerful Senate Finance Committee Chairman Stephen Alves must survive a three-way Democratic primary and a contested general election to earn an eighth consecutive term... http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/in-the-crowded.html http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/in-the-crowded.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:28:00 -0500 Another state employee union has voted to ratify a new four-year agreement with the Carcieri administration, despite what the local president describes as widespread opposition. Local 400, the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, voted Tuesday 62 percent to... http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/dot-union-ratif.html http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/dot-union-ratif.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:22:39 -0500 WASHINGTON -- The temperature will be approaching the 90s this morning by the time members of the New England House delegation gather near the Capitol to warn about next winter's freeze - and how to help the poor to weather... http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/new-england-del.html http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/new-england-del.html Mulligan Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:20:42 -0500 Christine Heenan of East Providence, a former aide in the Bill Clinton White House, was today named vice president for government, community and public affairs at Harvard University. Heenan, 41, has been most recently president of Clarendon Group, a Providence-based... http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/christine-heena.html http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/christine-heena.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:28:18 -0500 WASHINGTON -- The nation's leading presidential candidates took verbal shots at each other again today over the Iraq war. Democrat Barack Obama pledged anew this morning that as president he would end the Iraq war, withdrawing American combat troops by... http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/washington-demo.html http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/washington-demo.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:23:00 -0500 PROVIDENCE -- State House Room 140 is dark today. Its occupant for the last 17 years, Patricia Collins, died yesterday after a long battle with cancer, according to the governor's office. Collins, 63, of West Warwick, had served as the... http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/state-house-roo.html http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/politics/2008/07/state-house-roo.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:38:00 -0500