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Who is most to blame for stubbornly high prices of many...

Inflation is down and job growth is relatively stable across the nation, but prices for many consumer goods, including food and housing, remain elevated. The...

Is the state’s slow development of regulations for expansion of its...

The Rhode Island Cannabis Act, passed in May 2022, allowed for retail sales of marijuana at seven medical dispensaries and promised an eventual expansion...

Do you agree with Cranston’s clampdown on homeless encampments?

Cranston Mayor Ken Hopkins has signed an executive order allowing police to remove homeless encampments. The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island on Aug....

Do you agree with Attorney General Peter F. Neronha that the...

Attorney General Peter F. Neronha is urging the R.I. Office of Health Insurance Commissioner to reject all proposed rate hikes submitted by insurers for...
A SUPERIOR COURT judge on Friday ordered Rhode Island Recycled Metals LLC on Allens Avenue to be temporarily closed. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MARK S. MURPHY

Did a Superior Court judge make the right decision allowing Rhode...

Superior Court Judge Brian Stern on July 9 granted the state’s motion for a temporary restraining order forcing embattled Rhode Island Recycled Metals to...
ACCORDING TO A STUDY by Philadelphia-based consulting firm EConsultSolutions Inc., Providence College's athletic programs, including the men's basketball team, generate approximately $100.3 million in total economic impact across Rhode Island annually, creating and/or generating 630 jobs in the process. / PBN FILE PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

Should the state and/or local communities help fund college athletics?

Providence College last month released results of a study it commissioned on the economic and social impact of its athletics programs. The report by a...

Should Rhode Island hold its first constitutional convention since 1986?

Voters in November will get to decide whether the state should hold its first constitutional convention since 1986. Rhode Island is one of five states...
JAMES R. LANGEVIN, former longtime U.S. congressman for Rhode Island, has been appointed as a new visiting scholar for the University of Rhode Island's Department of Political Science. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

Are you concerned about the use of artificial intelligence in your...

A new state Artificial Intelligence Task Force held its first meeting on July 15. Gov. Daniel J. McKee created the task force and a Center...
CNBC SAYS 43 other states rank ahead of Rhode Island when it comes to the the top states for business. Do you agree? PBN PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

Do you agree with CNBC ranking R.I. at No. 44 in...

Rhode Island ranking poorly in CNBC's list of the country's top states for business has become an annual event. And this year is no different. On...

Are you concerned that the state did not receive bids to...

The R.I. Department of Transportation on July 3 said the state did not receive any bids by that day’s deadline for a $300 million-plus...
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