City’s disjointed bike lanes need more study, community buy-in
If you build it, will they come?
While the answer was yes in the charming case of the Iowa ballfield made famous in the 1989...
State must reinvest in innovation
Innovations can come from anyone with a good idea, drive and some luck, but it sure is nice to have some help.
Rhode Island last...
Look past election year for big ideas on pandemic aid
While the health and financial threats posed by an ongoing pandemic remain ever-present in the Ocean State, the General Assembly begins 2022 in the...
R.I. a ‘fraud hot spot’
If it seems everyone in Rhode Island knows someone victimized by fraudulent unemployment claims during the pandemic, it’s because that’s not far from the...
Public needs say on new city bus hub
The R.I. Department of Transportation made the right decision in pulling back from its preferred option for a new downtown Providence bus hub, to...
Pervasive supply chain woes could boost local manufacturing
Companies doing business overseas have long understood the importance of a dependable supply chain. But for everyone else, this holiday shopping season has provided...
Vaccine app step up from paper cards
Rhode Island is on the right track with its plans for a voluntary proof-of-vaccination cellphone app, despite some officials’ hypersensitivity to it being even...
R.I. leaders need to see the risk in dependence on gambling...
Nevada may be the nation’s gambling mecca, but it still trails runaway national leader Rhode Island in per capita revenue collected from gambling.
Yet, as...
R.I. needs to get with the times on minority contracting
The state historically has failed miserably in ensuring minority-owned businesses get their fair share of tens of millions of dollars in state contracts.
That looked...
Don’t allow state workers a money grab
On the surface, a tentative contract agreement allowing unionized state workers up to $3,000 if they’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19 appears to be a...
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