“When people are paying your salary it affects the decisions that you make around policy,” said Senator Sam Bell. “And I think that the ethics principles...
“…the data is pretty clear that having a good business climate and low tax rates does not increase a state’s economic growth rate,” said Greg Gerritt...
Lincoln Chafee is in the news again – this time for a prospective 2020 presidential bid on the Libertarian Party ticket. Last time Chafee made headlines,...
Workforce development is a necessity for both employees and businesses. For an individual, it means raising the income for their family. For a business, it means...
Economist Marjorie Kelly, vice president and senior fellow at The Democracy Collaborative, was in Boston last Thursday evening to discuss her new book, The Making of...
I wrote the piece below for RI Future in March 2015. It’s still relevant today, I think, given the comments of Speaker of the House Nicholas...
The latest dreadful “business climate” report UpriseRI just noted reminded Barry Schiller of the many previous such rankings that were viewed with alarm by the business...
State rankings, like the one released Wednesday that put Rhode Island at 50 out of 50 for “business climate,” are essentially meaningless, and simply tools used...
Tell your Senator – tell all the Senators – that you want them to amend the 2020 Rhode Island State Budget to include the minimum wage...
I arrived at the George Wiley Center action outside the Pawtucket Public Library Saturday morning with only a sleight idea about what was going to take...