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Carcieri slated to talk on Bloomberg TV show tomorrow

6:43 PM Thu, Sep 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

Governor Carcieri is scheduled to be a guest tomorrow on Bloomberg Television's "In Focus" program to talk about Rhode Island's renewable energy program and the announcement that Deepwater Wind will develop a large off-shore wind farm. The governor's office said......

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 Tags  Bloomberg Television   Carcieri   In Focus   renewable energy   wind farm  

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Carcieri appearance on Lou Dobbs' radio show reset for tomorrow

6:15 PM Tue, Sep 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

Governor Carcieri is slated to do a phone interview on Lou Dobbs' radio program tomorrow in the 2:15 to 2:30 p.m. range, according to the governor's schedule. Amy Kempe, spokeswoman for the governor, said by e-mail that immigration will be......

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 Tags  Carcieri rescheduled for Lou Dobbs radio show   Governor Carcieri   Lou Dobbs  

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Patrick Kennedy names new press secretary

6:01 PM Tue, Sep 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy's office today announced his new press secretary is Kerrie Bennett, who for the past three years was a spokeswoman and projects manager for the Rhode Island Convention Center Authority. Before her time with the convention center......

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Carcieri swings north for Bar Harbor conference

1:01 PM Tue, Sep 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

Governor Carcieri has headed up north for a conference in Downeast Maine. His schedule e-mail tells us that he's at a conference today of New England governors and Eastern Canadian premiers in Bar Harbor. It's the group's 32nd annual conference.......

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 Tags  Carcieri   conference   Maine   New England governors  

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Lottery to determine ballot order of 3rd-party candidates

4:28 PM Thu, Sep 11, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McKinney    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Five third-party presidential candidates tomorrow will learn the order in which their names will appear on Rhode Island's Nov. 4 ballot. A public lottery will be held at 5 p.m. at the State House, Secretary of State Ralph......

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 Tags  lottery   presidential candidates   Providence   Secretary of State   third-party  

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Primary: Bennett seeks recount in Senate District 31

5:27 PM Wed, Sep 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

David A. Bennett, a Warwick Democrat who appeared to narrowly lose Tuesday's primary for Senate District 31, said in a news release his campaign has requested a recount. Bob Kando, at the state Board of Elections, confirmed today that the......

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 Tags  Bennett   Lynch   R.I. primary   recount   Senate District 31   Warwick  

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Two former New Englanders react to McCain at rally

1:35 PM Wed, Sep 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

By John Mulligan Journal Washington bureau FAIRFAX, Va. -- When John McCain told one of his biggest crowds of this election year that some of his decisions as president would displease some people, a pair of displaced New Englanders was......

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 Tags  elections   John McCain   Republican National Convention   Sarah Palin  

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Carcieri and wife attend lunch where Palin was guest

6:52 PM Thu, Sep 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

Convention-goers Governor Carcieri and wife, Sue, went to a private lunch today where GOP Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin was the featured guest. The governors joined Palin for a news conference/, which was covered by national media, according to Carcieri's......

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 Tags  Carcieri   private lunch   Republican Convention   Republican Governors Association   Sarah Palin  

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R.I. GOP delegates weigh in on McCain's VP choice

5:46 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | | Comments (6)
By Mike McKinney    Email

By Scott MacKay Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- Governor Carcieri enthused today about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's choice as John McCain's vice-presidential running mate, but other Rhode Island Republican delegates to the Republican National Convention said today they do not......

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 Tags  Carcieri   John McCain   R.I. Republican delegates   Republican Convention   Sarah Palin  

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McCain turns 72 today; his running mate is 44

12:31 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Mike McKinney    Email

By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau DENVER -- The presumptive Republican presidential nominee's 72nd birthday today will put a lot of attention on the question of whether he would be fit for the job. If he is elected, John......

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 Tags  age issue in presidential race   Barack Obama   John McCain's birthday  

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Rhode Islander makes a case in Denver for mental health parity

5:39 PM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau DENVER -- A congregation of politicians, medical professionals, lobbyists, and Hollywood stars gathered at the Denver Art Museum over salmon and arugula to agitate for something that can be in short supply at......

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 Tags  Anne Hathaway   Bill Emmet   Democratic Convention   Denver Art Museum   Matthew Modine   mental health  

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Brown poll: Obama holds 20-point lead over McCain in R.I.

4:14 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Democrat Barack Obama commands a 20-point lead over Republican John McCain in the presidential race among Rhode Island voters who were surveyed, according to a Brown University poll out today. The survey, conducted Aug. 18-20, also found that......

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 Tags  Brown University   Bush   Clinton   McCain   Obama   Poll  

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