Michael Pare
The downtown library deserves better
Maybe you have read or heard the reports over the past couple weeks about the Providence Public Library’s downtown branch.
Or maybe you haven’t.
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Defining the state worker
Legislation that would clearly define a state employee is pending at the General Assembly. It may seem like a case of stating the...
I’m not moving, but others are
So I’m on a plane a couple weeks ago heading to Austin, Texas. I strike up a conversation with a young guy seated next...
Take a vacation – for the team
This you’re going to like. Just cut this out and walk right in to see your boss. It’s time to adjust those summer...
Rhode Island’s tax bite is too painful
State legislators and policy-makers should take seriously the results of a survey released a couple weeks ago by Bloomberg Wealth Manager magazine.
The results...
Higher Education
URI president outlines capital projects
Dr. Robert L. Carothers
Position: President, University of Rhode Island
Background: Prior to arriving as the 10th president of URI in...
Doctors making their voices heard
There’s no doctor in the House.
Or in the Senate, for that matter.
And so Dr. Howard Schulman, a general internist in Rhode Island...
Rhode Island and its colleges need matching grant program
Ask University of Rhode Island President Robert L. Carothers to characterize the relationship between the university and the state Legislature and he will...
Make ethics an issue – and get involved
Dr. William T. O’Hara, president emeritus of Bryant College, suspects that while lessons have been learned, a scandal similar to the one that...
St. Florian earns a place in history
In November of 1994, as a reporter at this newspaper, I interviewed Friedrich St. Florian, the professor of architecture at the Rhode Island...
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