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PROVIDENCE — The push is on to once again rename the state's elder-affairs office and make it a full-fledged Cabinet-level agency with the power to do a lot more than the state is doing now for its large and growing population of seniors.
This year's push is coming from Reps. Lauren Carson and Deborah Ruggiero, who is running for lieutenant governor. And it centers on Rhode Island's status as the state with "the 11th largest concentration of elders" in the country.