THE R.I. Center for Freedom and Prosperity asserted that the tax and fee hikes proposed by Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee on Jan. 31 will cost the state 1,400 private-sector jobs.
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Center for Freedom and Prosperity asserted that the tax and fee hikes proposed by Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee on Jan. 31 would cost the state 1,400 private-sector jobs. The conservative think tank, which formed from the ashes of the Ocean State Policy Research Institute, said Thursday that it bought a State…