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The state's Department of Health building is closed to the public today, as employees assess the damage of a water leak from over the weekend.
Later this week, William Murphy will step down as speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives. An intense campaign to succeed him - and to fill one of Rhode Island's most powerful political offices -- has been waged for the past several months. But there have been no television commercials, no public debates and no lawn signs. And as WRNI's political analyst Scott Mackay tells us, only 75 people get to vote in this election.
Rep. Ray Sullivan, a leader among young Rhode Island House Democrats, is leaving the House and taking a job as deputy district director of government affairs for U.S. Rep. James Langevin.
Sullivan, 33, is well-respected among Democrats for this political savvy; he was campaign director for Barack Obama's campaign in Rhode Island. Before that he worked for Myrth York's 2002 campaign for governor. Sullivan is also a former journalist.
As expected, the January 2011 departure of Governor Carcieri -- and Gordon Fox's anticipated move this week into the speakership -- will change the dynamic around long-stalled gay marriage legislation in Rhode Island. Here's further evidence, via Boston-based Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD):
Boeing Engineer Gets 15 Years In Economic Espionage
A Chinese-born engineer convicted in the United States' first economic espionage trial was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for stealing sensitive information on the U.S. space program with the intent of passing it to China.
