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Big bills, small answers, at RI Energy forum
A group of East Bay residents filled the Herreshoff Room at Rogers Free Library Monday evening hoping to answer one big question: Why have my energy bills increased so dramatically this winter? They …
School buses have turned into tiny houses on wheels. Vans have become synonymous with a nomadic existence that enables travel. And one … Read More
PORTSMOUTH — Despite it being in the works for more than two years and vigorously debated at several well-attended public hearings, … Read More
PORTSMOUTH — “I’m not the only weirdo from eighth grade who feels alone in my experience. I felt the same way as a kid as you … Read More
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Rick North says his competitive arm-wrestling days pretty much ended six or seven years ago, but he still gets a thrill out of helping members of the younger generation get into the sport.
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Letter: Moving beyond the mass exodus tax flight myth
The greatest obstacle to policymakers enacting a modest personal income surtax on Rhode Island’s highest earners, those in the Top 1%, is the fear that any such measure will trigger a mass …
Expect R.I.'s 'tax the rich' debate to be heating up soon
1. STORY OF THE WEEK: “Don’t tax you, don’t tax me, tax that fellow behind the tree!” -- the timeless aphorism from the late U.S. Sen. Russell B. Long of Louisiana -- speaks …
Keeping close watch on the on-again, off-again tariffs
STORY OF THE WEEK: Tariffs “will always tend to crush the spirit of enterprise and cripple the productive energies of a country.” If that sounds like a gripe from Canadian Prime Minister …