“The main excuse for devastating cuts that will harm our state is always that there is no alternative, that there is no way to avoid it....
“The General Assembly has not met in remote session to approve emergency actions like Medicaid surge funding, safe staffing requirements, and hazard pay protections for workers.“...
“People are dying. The economy is in freefall. If there ever was a moment when legislative leadership was needed, it is now…“ The COVID-19 crisis has...
“When we’re pushing brutal Medicaid cuts, we just can’t afford to give extra money to insurance companies – especially not when it comes with an initiative...
“…the thing I find most frustrating about the Medicaid cuts is how cheap it would be to not do this,” writes State Senator Sam Bell. “Because...
“Doing this in a UHIP update is so cruel. Healthcare means human lives. Just because Medicaid recipients may be low-income does not mean they are not...
“The teachers spewed a stream of punishments, and I often couldn’t even see what the students were doing wrong,” writes Senator Sam Bell. “The students kept...
“Just because the bureaucrats who set the levels are bad at math doesn’t mean you are.” If you’re a Rhode Island student (or parent) just getting...
The new proposed Senate rules have just been announced, and they are an insane power grab by the Senate President. Basically, these proposed rules weaken every...
Special tax deals for politically connected developers are a big part of Providence’s fiscal problems. The $18 million TSA for the Edge College Hill 2.0 luxury...
