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David Cicilline

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Cicilline, Langevin, Whitehouse win Re-Election

Rhode Island voters favor Democrats in election.

It was a good night for Democrats Tuesday in Rhode Island. In Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District David Cicilline was able to win a second term against a tough race fought against Republican Brendan Doherty. The former head of the Rhode Island State Police strongly criticized Cicilline during the course of the campaign over his final leadership of the city of Providence when he was mayor for eight before heading to Washington two years ago. In the 2nd Congressional District James Langevin was able to win a seventh term over Republican Michael Riley. Riley reportedly lent his campaign more than $600,000. Langevin cited as accomplishments his work to maintain submarine production at Electric Boat and efforts to strengthen job training …

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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Poll: RI Political Influencers Gauge Presidential Race Run in Ocean State

Rhode Island's Democratic and Republican political influencers take part in our final survey before election day.

In the race for President of the United States, influential Rhode Island political insiders have weighed in regarding who has run the better "ground game" in Rhode Island leading up to the election. According to our results, Democratic influencers felt Obama has run a better ground campaign by a wide margin while a majority of Republican influencers surveyed said the ground campaign up to this point has been even. Patch surveyed 53 Republicans and 51 Democrats, asking regardless of their partisan preference, which presidential campaign do you think has run the better "ground game" campaign during the general election in Rhode Island? Among those who responded, 55.6% of Democrats said Barack Obama has run the better ground campaign by a …

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J. Lane McMahon

9:10 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

U.S. Interior Secretary Calls For Wind Farms Off RI's Coast

Quonset Point may be poised to become job creation hub if used as assembly station for potential wind farms off RI's coasts.

The movement to bring offshore wind projects to the coasts of New England got a boost from the federal government Wednesday when  U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced a federal initiative to bring offshore wind projects to the coasts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. In what Salazar called a “major milestone,” the federal government is calling for letters of interest within the next 45 days from those wanting to develop wind farms off the coast of Rhode Island. Salazar made the announcement Wednesday morning in a press conference  at Quonset’s Compass Rose Beach with members of the state’s congressional delegation and the governor. The area of land, off the coast of Rhode and Massachusetts between Block Island and Martha’s…

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5:45 pm on Thursday, August 18, 2011

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