Economics
Speakernomics tastes like trickle-down and oligarchy
“The economy is moving in the right direction,” said Rhode Island Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello (Democrat, District 15, Cranston) to Providence Journal‘s Ed …
Douglas Hall
Labor
Department of Labor holds a listening session on the overtime rule in Providence
“One of the many reasons reasons wages for American workers have stagnated is the “antiquated overtime threshold” said Douglas Hall, director of economic and fiscal …
Wage Discrimination
Business groups want wage discrimination bill with teeth to be defanged
The Senate Labor Committee started Wednesday’s hearing on two wage discrimination bills with only two Senators in attendance,
minimum wage
Rhode Island’s annual battle for increasing the minimum wage stacked against workers
I was late getting to room 212 at the Rhode Island State House, where the Senate Committee on Labor, chaired by Senator Paul Fogarty (Democrat, …
OpEd
ProJo printed the facts about state rankings yet still peddles Tax Foundation propaganda
A Providence Journal editorial, published yesterday, once again took as gospel Rhode Island’s ranking in the Tax Foundation’s State Business Tax Climate Index. The editorial …