Op-ed
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There is not one simple action that can be taken to improve Rhode Island’s economy, some magical financial panacea or a better business climate silver bullet.
There is not one all-encompassing …
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William A. Walaska and David E. Bates
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8/28/12
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20 views
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The Centers for Disease Control is out pimping the Flu Shot and most of you get it with Thimerosal. It’s going to be a bad flu season they say…I hear this every year. “Five people have died so …
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Suzanne Arena
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12/28/12
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222 views
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As in so many other Rhode Island families with children who have reached driving age, my daughter – a college senior – is driving a hand-me-down vehicle, a 1999 Plymouth. If I were to sell that …
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Rep. Joseph McNamara
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3/1/12
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19 views
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It was announced last month that Goldman Sachs would invest nearly $10 million in a new four-year program aimed at reducing recidivism – the tendency for released offenders to reoffend – at …
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William L. Swann
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9/13/12
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65 views
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Today, we join with family friends to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. First proclaimed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, while this country was embroiled in the Civil War, it started as a day to give …
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Mayor Scott Avedisian
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11/22/12
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14 views
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With the average price of gas in America hovering around $3.50 per gallon for regular unleaded, it costs more than $50 to fill a typical car's 15-gallon tank. But why does gas cost so much? You may …
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Drew Johnson
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11/22/12
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23 views
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Maybe it’s simply a sign of the times, but it feels like with each day we gravitate closer toward becoming a world of measurables. Potential seems to be determined only by numerical figures and …
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Thomas Cribbin
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1/22/13
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37 views
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In all the madness that unfolded on Monday, April 15 in Boston, the phrase “Close To Home continued to come to mind. It returned to my vernacular in two very different but connected ways.
First …
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Nicholas Howard
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4/23/13
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25 views
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As of March 1, arbitrary across-the-board cuts, known as sequestration, have gone into effect for our Defense Department and many other government agencies. These cuts treat our highest priorities …
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Congressman Jim Langevin
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4/23/13
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11 views
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Talk is cheap. So is the Rhode Island State Budget Committee, at least from the point of view of a student at a Rhode Island public college or university. The Providence Journal recently reported …
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J.K. Manchester
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11/14/12
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49 views
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