Business
This legislation is hardly the most-pressing matter facing Rhode Island at the moment: Sen. Frank A. Ciccone III and Rep. Enrique George Sanchez are sponsoring legislation to require most businesses in Rhode Island to pay their employees weekly. Has either of these legislators ever had to make payroll for a business? One suspects they simply…
John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss evidence of unions’ tightening grip on Rhode Island and other political topics.
John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss the costliness of Rhode Island government’s decisions.
John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss the mysterious ways in which Rhode Island government runs poorly.
John DePetro and Justin Katz walk through the latest comedies in Rhode Island politics and discuss the characters who have been stealing the spotlight.
John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss the factors behind Rhode Island’s inability to raise sufficient funds for major projects.
Obviously, those of us who choose to live in Rhode Island feel the state has a lot to recommend it, even as we’re perpetually frustrated by its flaws. While making decisions for the future, we should build on our strengths. Explicitly noting it as a reason to move to the state, TechRepublic’s N.F. Mendoza reports…
During a time of hoped-for economic recovery after COVID lockdowns, a coalition of state, national, and local groups is asking Governor Daniel McKee to reverse his predecessor’s pledge for the Ocean State to join a handful of others in imposing a new gas tax.
I had an interesting revelation when I was a teen and working in the stock room at my local JC Penney. When inventory arrived, I was to put the price tags on the items. The sheet that I was given to derive the prices from also had the store’s own cost for those items. The…
When is our stuff actually, you know, our stuff? Recently a stir was caused when cell-phone unlocking—the practice of enabling your cellphone for use on any cell network with any SIM card—became illegal. Now, with legislation pending in Congress to re-legalize(?) the practice, Kyle Wiens writes that we need to focus on “unlocking” much more…