March 2, 2020

The Providence Journal perpetuates myths, not good economic policy

Yesterday the Providence Journal again devoted its main editorial to the relatively slow rate of economic growth...

March 2, 2020

At 11th Annual Interfaith Poverty Conference, Reverend Aundreia Alexander delivers a powerful call to action

The 11th Annual Interfaith Poverty Conference featured the Reverend Aundreia Alexander as their keynote speaker. Alexander drew...

May 7, 2019

Sakonnet Region legislators take tough questions on guns and abortion at public forum

Rhode Island State Senators Walter Felag, James Seveney and Louis DiPalma and Representatives John Edwards, Dennis Canario...

May 6, 2019

Economic Progress Institute’s 11th Annual Conference focuses on supporting Rhode Island immigrants

The Economic Progress Institute (EPI) hosted its 11th annual policy and budget conference Supporting Immigrants in Rhode...

March 2, 2020

Economic Progress Institute: RI Works works, but needs improvement

A new report released by the Economic Progress Institute yesterday asks the question: “Eleven years after the...

March 2, 2020

Brown forum on Income Inequality and Social Mobility: Data Meets Policy in Providence

Brown University’s Wealth and Income Inequality Project hosted a talk Monday afternoon with Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza,...

March 2, 2020

Governor Raimondo at the Santander Economic Outlook Breakfast

Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo was the featured speaker at the 2019 Santander Economic Outlook Breakfast this...

March 2, 2020

Barrington residents to vote on municipal minimum wage increase at Financial Town Meeting

Jacob Brier is a member of the Barrington Town Council. He is proposing a $15 minimum wage...

February 27, 2020

Elected leaders join Carpenters in rally at State House to call attention to tax fraud

Tax fraud is an illegal business practice commonplace in the service industries, disproportionately affecting construction and hotel...

February 27, 2020

The earned income tax credit helps low-income working families in Rhode Island

Happy Tax Day! Across the country, today marks the deadline for individuals and businesses to file their...

April 10, 2019

Two protesters from FANG Collective arrested at Bristol County Sheriff public meeting

On Wednesday evening two people were arrested while disrupting a public meeting held by United States Immigration...

March 2, 2020

The General Assembly continues to be complicit in the evil of payday loans

Powerful lobbyists have a choke hold on the General Assembly leadership, which is only too happy to...

March 2, 2020

Greg Gerritt to ProJo: More natural gas infrastructure is not a good thing

To the Editor of the Providence Journal, While I would prefer to celebrate the defeat of the...

March 27, 2019

Representative Raymond Hull: Speaker Mattiello’s leadership style is about “coercion, exacting vengeance and the abuse of power”

“I suppose that having taken action to strip political opponents of State House office space and rejected...

February 27, 2020

Massive Pentagon accounting fraud raises questions about Senator Reed’s credibility

On March 18, 2019, United States Senator Reed, ranking member of the Armed Services Committee, confronted the...