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IAN DONNIS

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Can fogarty win with a message of change?

Talking politics
The challenge facing Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charles Fogarty was neatly encapsulated during an October 6 televised debate when panelist Karen Adams, invoking an expression used by a favorite relative, rhetorically asked, “Why upset the apple cart?”
By IAN DONNIS  |  October 11, 2006

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Casino battle royale

A look at who’s who in the high-stakes faceoff over question one
The casino battle has been raging for so long that it often seems like a permanent part of the Rhode Island landscape.
By IAN DONNIS  |  October 11, 2006

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The politics of tragedy

Will anger over the station plea bargain enable Harsch to topple Lynch?
It was perfectly understandable that Bill Harsch was reluctant to answer the question.
By IAN DONNIS  |  October 04, 2006

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Helping artists avoid displacement

City watch  
It’s no secret that increasing development, rising housing costs, heightened official scrutiny in the post-Station era, and other factors have combined to put a serious squeeze on Providence artists and the old mill buildings they favor in recent years.
By IAN DONNIS  |  October 04, 2006

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Is Rhode Island still a state for sale?

The shoe yet to drop is the extent of private sector responsibility
As the star witness of federal prosecutors, former state senator John Celona of North Providence has sang chapter and verse about his arrogant, shameless, and corrupt dealings while having worked for an affiliate of Roger Williams Medical Center.
By IAN DONNIS  |  September 27, 2006

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Peace movement renews activism in support of withdrawal

Iraq
In perhaps the greatest critique of the war in Iraq, US intelligence agencies — confirming what many critics have recognized for some time — say that the conflict is increasing the threat of anti-American terrorism.
By IAN DONNIS  |  September 27, 2006

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Out of the shadows

The Providence ‘Wunderground’ gets its due at the RISD Museum
Although “Wunderground: Providence, 1995 to the Present,” an exhibition that opened last weekend at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, covers a brief period of time, it also represents a dramatically compressed cycle of change in the life of the city. Images from the Wunderground Print the legend: Providence's "Wunderground" and MassArt's "Crafty." By Greg Cook
By IAN DONNIS  |  September 27, 2006

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The other campaign

Fogarty sets his sights on ousting Carcieri  
Yes, there will also be a gubernatorial race in Rhode Island this year.
By IAN DONNIS  |  September 20, 2006

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The road to November

Two big questions highlight the run-up to RI’s general elections  
For all the unusual drama of Lincoln Chafee and Stephen P. Laffey’s GOP Senate primary gunfight, it was politics as usual that helped Chafee to score what many considered an unexpectedly decisive win.
By IAN DONNIS  |  September 20, 2006

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Having cut runners, PROJO lagged on primary returns

Media
In an apparent effort to save money, the Providence Journal abandoned its traditional use of runners to gather election tallies during Rhode Island’s September 12 primary.
By IAN DONNIS  |  September 20, 2006

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Aided by his name and the national GOP, Chafee beats back Laffey

Talking politics
Chafee attributed his 54-46 percent victory over Cranston Mayor Stephen P. Laffey to “a grassroots effort like Rhode Island has never seen.”
By IAN DONNIS  |  September 13, 2006

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They are Providence

Shangri-la-la-land reflects the underground’s art-collective experience
Collective efforts are a signature of Providence’s creative underground, so it’s no surprise that the Shangri-la-la-land component of Wunderground utilizes this approach to create a loose sculptural interpretation of a village.
By IAN DONNIS  |  September 13, 2006

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The more things change, the more they stay the same

The artist-development clash, as seen through the Phoenix archives
In December 2000, the threat to replace Fort Thunder and other old mills in Eagle Square with a bland strip mall attracted a broad and spirited opposition movement.
By IAN DONNIS  |  September 14, 2006

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Matter of the moment

The Providence underground gets its due at the RISD Museum
Although Wunderground: Providence, 1995 to the present, an exhibition opening this Friday at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, encapsulates a very brief period of time, it also represents a dramatically compressed cycle of change in the life of the city.
By IAN DONNIS  |  September 13, 2006

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Down to the wire

Will Chafee or Laffey emerge victorious? Plus, Rhode Island’s other top primary races
So will Cranston Mayor Stephen P. Laffey prove the ascending dragon-slayer who knocks off US Senator Lincoln Chafee, a favorite target of conservatives everywhere, or will the herky-jerky heir to one of the best brand names in Ocean State politics repel his challenger and live to fight another day?
By IAN DONNIS  |  September 06, 2006

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No cuts planned, but still a mixed story on Fountain Street

As The ProJo Turns  
The good news is that no layoffs or voluntary job reductions are planned at the Providence Journal , unlike at the Belo Corporation’s flagship Dallas Morning News, where a move to cut 85 newsroom jobs was announced last month.
By IAN DONNIS  |  September 06, 2006

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Chafee emerges from geek status in TV debates with Laffey

Talking politics
Viewing the two recent televised debates between US Senator Lincoln Chafee and his GOP challenger, Cranston Mayor Stephen P. Laffey, was akin to taking a brisk 60-minute trip through psychiatrist Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’s five stages of grieving.
By IAN DONNIS  |  August 30, 2006

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A spirited race to succeed Roberts in Cranston

Talking politics
As progressive favorite Elizabeth Robert negotiates a crowded field of Democrats and Republicans to try to win the lieutenant governor’s office, four Democrats are vying to inherit her Cranston-based state Senate seat.
By IAN DONNIS  |  August 23, 2006

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The blacks try to get back in the game

Increased political organizing is targeted after years of lethargy
If ever there were a golden opportunity to increase black political representation in Rhode Island, it would be this fall’s City Council elections in Providence, home to the largest black community in the state.
By IAN DONNIS  |  August 18, 2006

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The Red Sox’ summer of discontent

The Sporting Life
Slowly, steadily, with every latest setback or miscue, it feels as if the Red Sox’ aspirations for 2006 are inexorably slipping away.
By IAN DONNIS  |  August 17, 2006
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