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Ethics board finds probable cause against Woonsocket mayor

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  

Update: At BOE, 2 missing ballots found among 2,400 / Photo

Journal photo/ Kathy Borchers At the Rhode Island Board of Elections, attorneys and board members check ballot results in a recount of the Democratic primary between Erin P. Lynch and David Bennett for a Warwick Senate seat. Clockwise from......

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 Tags  David Bennett   Erin Lynch   Michael Pringa   Providence   state Board of Elections   Stephen D. Alves  

Kennedy jokingly claims bailout plan, brings down House

By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy has provided some relief from the gloom of the hard economic news and the tense efforts of House leaders to assemble majority support for the massive economic......

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 Tags  bailout   bill   mental health parity   Patrick J. Kennedy   Washington  

Langevin favors bailout, says RI voters beginning to, too

By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- While the financial rescue bill that passed the Senate last night faces uncertain prospects as the House returns to work on it today, members of Rhode Island's congressional delegation point to......

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 Tags  bailout   financial crisis   rescue   U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin  

Only 3 days left to register to vote in Nov. 4 election

If you want to vote in this year's general election and you haven't registered yet, you still have three days. Saturday is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 4 general election. To register, you must be......

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Langevin on bailout failure: 'Skydiving without a parachute'

By John Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- "We are now skydiving without a parachute," Rep. James R. Langevin said this afternoon as the $700 billion rescue plan for the financial system was defeated in the House of Representatives. "I......

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 Tags  financial bailout   House of Representatives   Kennedy   Langevin   Washington  

Carcieri signals local aid freeze, state cuts in next budget

By Steve Peoples JOURNAL STATE HOUSE BUREAU PROVIDENCE -- Barely two months have passed since Governor Carcieri signed a state budget packed with controversial cuts he said would close Rhode Island's largest deficit in nearly two decades. But already, another......

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Eyes on Obama: People on the street plan to watch / Video

Nicole Varella of Providence says she's very interested to hear what Barack Obama has to say tonight. Providence Journal photographers Gretchen Ertl and Andrew Dickerman asked people in downtown Providence today if they were planning to watch Barack Obama's......

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Assembly passes bill to speed public records release

PROVIDENCE -- A long night still ahead, the House late today passed a bill to quicken release of public records, among them police reports, in Rhode Island. The vote was 49 to 9, with opposition coming from Republicans in the......

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Bakst interviews Rep. Kennedy on Obama choice

AP photo Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, talks with Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass. as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., shakes hands as they all arrive for President Bush's State of the Union address before Congress last night. Journal political......

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