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By Katherine Gregg and steve Peoples, The Providence Journal
House Democrats convened at the State House for a closed-door discussion of an issue that was not even on their special-session agenda last week -- the state's financial crisis.
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By Paul Edward Parker, The Providence Journal
The state Department of Labor and Training is poised to contact thousands of Rhode Islanders who may be eligible for extended unemployment benefits under a bill approved by the Congress Thursday that President Obama is planning to sign Friday.
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Governor vetoes saltwater fishing license
By Peter B. Lord, The Providence Journal
Governor Carcieri, reversing more than a year of work by his own staff and the state's largest recreational fishing organization, has vetoed a proposed $7 state license for saltwater fishing. He called it "excessively intrusive."
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