Marc Comtois
Toray has been in Rhode Island for over twenty years. They are looking to expand. They also have a facility in Virginia. The Rhode Island facility is bigger, but the costs are higher. Virginia looks pretty good. #50 business friendly Rhode Island is now competing with #1 business friendly Virginia to woo a business it…
Just throwing it out there. From Steven Hayward: one problem with our current tax policy is that at the moment the American people as a whole are receiving a dollar of government for the price of only 60 cents. (I don’t say a “dollar’s worth of government,” but let’s leave that snark for another time.)…
Steve Malanga looks at the national problem of cities in over their heads (particularly because of pension promises) and uses Providence (and New Haven, CT) as examples: Cities are also running out of fiscal alternatives to deal with their deficits. Like states…many cities have used one-shot revenue deals, hidden borrowing, and other gimmicks to bolster…
Just dreaming: In Southern India a story that sounds like the plot line of a Hollywood adventure film is unfolding. Over the past week, on orders from the country’s Supreme Court, a panel has found a treasure estimated to be worth $22 billion in the underground vaults of a Hindu temple in Trivandrum, India. Anyone…
You know they’re trying to hide something when they release a report on the Friday afternoon of a long holiday weekend. [T]he White House’s Council of Economic Advisors, a group of three economists who were all handpicked by Obama…reports that, using “mainstream estimates of economic multipliers for the effects of fiscal stimulus” (which it describes…
Anyone who keeps abreast of education issues knows that teachers are not particularly enamored with President Obama’s education reform: Race to the Top (RI Ed. Commissioner Deborah Gist certainly takes heat for her local championing of this national policy), school turnaround models (think Central Falls) or expanding charter schools are just a few policies that…
Like the ProJo, I’ve actually supported the idea of having an LNG terminal somewhere in the region. But their latest attempt to boost the idea by editorializing against “fracking” of natural gas in shale deposits is misinformed and relies too much on a much criticized, recent NY Times investigative piece. For instance, as the ProJo…
Sam offers Fred $10, but Fred wants $30. To solve the problem, they call in their buddy, “The Arbitrator”, who decides $20 is fair. Sam pays more, Fred gets more. The next week, Fred asks Sam for $30 again, but Sam says he’s only got $13 in his wallet. Fred says Sam is holding out.…
Monique called into Matt Allen to report that the Senate Labor Committee had approved binding arbitration after having ended the hearing, clearing the room and then quickly reconvening to vote. Voting YES (to pass the bill) Ciccone Doyle Goodwin Lombardo McCaffrey Voting NO Hodgson Picard Fogarty There is still hope in the House, which is…
Old history in a new format: I’m happy to announce that my historical book Burgundians in the Mist is now available in a variety of e-book formats–including Kindle, Epub (supports Nook, Sony, etc.) and even PDF–for only $2.99! The neat thing about the Kindle version is that the footnotes are hypertext, so you can select…