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Photo: Focusing on state of R.I.'s fiscal health

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Journal photo / Connie Grosch House fiscal staffers Nobel Jeudy, right, and John-Paul Berducci, left, listen as deputy House fiscal adviser Sharon Reynolds Ferland makes her presentation the House Finance Committee today. The committee today was getting an overview......

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 Tags  R.I. budget   R.I. House Finance Committee  

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Elderly group confers dubious award on governor, Assembly / Photo, video

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The elderly advocacy group the Gray Panthers confered Turkey of the Year awards on Governor Carcieri and the General Assembly at the governor's office this morning, citing cuts in services, new fees and increases in fees for programs for......

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 Tags  Carcieri   General Assembly   Gray Panthers   Turkey of the Year  

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Paiva Weed on track to be first female president of R.I. Senate

6:31 PM Mon, Nov 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
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PROVIDENCE -- Sen. M. Teresa Paiva Weed, a Newport Democrat, has just won the Democratic Caucus's endorsement to become the first woman to be president of the Rhode Island Senate. The full Senate must elect the president, but in Rhode......

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 Tags  Paiva Weed   R.I. Democratic Caucus   R.I. Senate  

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President-elect Obama addresses pressing puppy question in first news conference

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During his first news conference since Election Day, President-elect Obama sought to clarify perhaps one of the more pressing issues on the minds of voters. The dog. Tuesday night during his victory speech at Grant Park in Chicago, Barack Obama......

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 Tags  dog   hypoallergenic   Obama   president-elect  

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Waiting for the polls to close

8:32 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
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So, now, we wait. Polls close at 9 p.m. around Rhode Island. The state Board of Elections will be collecting unofficial results from Boards of Canvassers in 39 cities and towns. If all goes as planned, those results will start......

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 Tags  election   polls   R.I. elections  

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Photo: A reminder to vote with your feet

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Journal photo / Bob Thayer Cranston resident Bill York has been camping out mornings between 7 and 9 in front of his One Rhodes Place polling place, not for a particular candidate, but to encourage voters to cast their......

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 Tags  Bill York   Cranston   election   polling places   vote  

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Doonesbury strip for Wednesday betting on Obama as winner Tuesday

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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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 Tags  Barack Obama   comic strip   Doonesbury   election  

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R.I. GOP challengers air ideas for improving economy

2:45 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
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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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 Tags  economy   election   R.I. Republican candidates   R.I. Republicans   R.I. unemployment   taxes  

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A thank you to Patrick Kennedy for mental health parity / Photo

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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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 Tags  health insurance   mental health parity legislation   Rep. Patrick Kennedy  

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Whitehouse pays tribute to Journal columnist, reporters / Photo

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In The Journal newsroom, retiring Journal political columnist M. Charles Bakst watches Senator Whitehouse's tribute from the floor of the U.S. Senate. U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., paid tribute this morning on the floor of the U.S. Senate to Journal......

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 Tags  M. Charles Bakst   Senator Sheldon Whitehouse   U.S. Senate  

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Palin opts out of anti-abortion gathering, to delegates' groans

4:56 PM Tue, Sep 02, 2008 | | Write a comment
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington bureau ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Some of the biggest excitement for Rhode Island delegates to the Republican convention this week fizzled this afternoon when Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's appearance at a long-anticipated gathering of......

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Froma Harrop: Hillary Can't Fix What the Party Broke

4:10 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | | Write a comment
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On Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton gave the last major speech of her 2008 campaign. Or perhaps was it the first of her 2012 campaign? She said vote-for-Barack enough times and at enough volume to protect her from accusations of trying......

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