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To best fix our economy, Rhode Island needs tax and fiscal stability. In far too many cases, Rhode Island shoots itself in the economic foot due to poorly considered lawmaking and posturing regarding tax policy within our General Assembly.
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Guest Column: Ken Block
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8/27/12
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To Rhode Islanders, the national business-climate rankings that place the Ocean State at or near the bottom each year now look like self-fulfilling prophecies.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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More than four months after being charged by Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee with examining the R.I. Economic Development Corporation in the aftermath of the 38 Studios LLC implosion, the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council has come back with a 140-page report that makes clear change is needed. The report looks at the EDC today, at best practices across the country, and recommends what the state should do to improve the business-development environment in Rhode Island.
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10/1/12
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When Cherie Daniel, a website designer based in Bristol, was an agency employee she relied on occasional freelance work to supplement her income. When that agency folded, she started to rely on it for much more.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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The last time Rhode Island went national in its search for a chief economic-development executive, it offered an Arizona business consultant $250,000 per year, plus a car, to lead the state out of the financial crisis.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Rhode Island has seen little to no improvement in economic opportunity indexes from 2011, the R.I. Center for Freedom and Prosperity announced Thursday following the release of its 2012 Report Card On RI Competitiveness.
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By Alex Kowalski |
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Thom Guertin is Rhode Island’s first chief digital technology officer, a position he assumed in late October as part of the Office of Digital Excellence initiative.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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While others eyed the 5-foot Amalurian battle hammer prop ($200), Jamie Gotch, co-founder of Subatomic Studios in Cambridge, Mass., was looking for office supplies.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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A few years ago the words “manufacturing” and “growth” were rarely encountered in the same sentence, especially in Rhode Island.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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The next step in the redevelopment of the former Interstate 195 footprint in the capital city took place Monday, marked by an official groundbreaking at the western end of the property attended by Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee as well as the city’s congressional delegation.
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- Orders for U.S. durable goods increase more than forecast 15 minutes ago
- Passenger trains bump along with fixes exceeding U.S. funds Yesterday at 2:03 PM
- R.I. outlook ranks 45th on ‘Rich States, Poor States’ report Yesterday at 1:54 PM
