Republicans want to repeal Medicaid, too
Obamacare, President Donald Trump is fond of saying, is a "complete and total disaster" and must be replaced. Yet one of the most significant...
The real reason to watch the Gorsuch hearings
Once upon a time, Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court justice nominees had a straightforward purpose: For Senators to learn the views of the...
Grow Smart RI’s forum aims to make transit work better for...
PROVIDENCE — On Friday, nearly 200 people, including Gov. Gina M. Raimondo and Rhode Island Public Transit Authority Board Chair Wayne Kezirian joined Grow...
Happy nations don’t focus on growth
The Socialist candidate for the French presidency, Benoit Hamon, says he doesn't believe in the "myth" and "quasi-religion" of growth-- it's part of the...
What happens in the absence of federal arts funding
Since President Lyndon Johnson and a bipartisan Congress created the national arts and humanities endowments, no president has called for their elimination -- until...
Flood-audit program needed to combat rising waters, flooding
To the Editor:
I would like to thank Providence Business News for highlighting the plight of property owners facing rising waters and floods in my...
NOAA cuts reckless
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is just one of many federal agencies marked for drastic funding reductions to enable a big boost in...
The Fed is making credit woes worse, and that’s fine
How many small problems equal a crisis?
This is an important question right now because there are a growing number of problems emerging in the...
Cutting murders is a job for government
President Donald Trump talks a lot about murder rates. He's wrong that homicides are the highest in 47 years; in fact, the national rate...
Win or lose, Trumpcare is bad for Republicans
If House Republicans enact their health-care bill, they're screwed. They'll have lost the critical initial dialogue and left opponents salivating. If they fail to...
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