Good investments are important for R.I.
Just as the state should be careful how it cuts spending (see this week’s lead editorial, on RIte Care), it must also take great...
Upgrade transit, yes, but mind the cost
Some Providence workers jokingly refer to the morning and afternoon congestion as a “rush minute,” since it doesn’t compare with the mind-bending, hours-long commutes...
Banks deserve ink for job-creation loans
Citizens Bank and Sovereign Bank are to be commended for the low-interest business loan programs they both introduced in 2005 to help New England...
Tougher DEM fines make a lot of sense
If the R.I. Department of Environmental Management has its way this year, the penalties for serious environmental and hazardous-waste violations – and for failing...
Vision for school produces local hero
Twenty-three years ago, Dan Corley, along with his college roommate, Bob Hahn, founded Community Preparatory School in South Providence with a vision of what...
Charity care merits a serious discussion
The R.I. Department of Health has proposed new regulations that would require not just hospitals and nursing homes, but a wide range of free-standing...
No bidding war for film tax credit
We can only hope that the General Assembly does not feel the need to compete with Connecticut in luring Hollywood further East. According to...
<i>A decade-long arts success in the city</i>
In a city that puts great value on its cultural life, success stories by arts nonprofits are a welcome sight. The Providence Black Repertory...
<i>We need more than an independent man</i>
Rhode Island government desperately needs the kind of good-government measure that Sen. Leonidas "Lou" Raptakis (D-Coventry) has introduced at the request of Operation Clean...
Charity shouldn’t determine taxes
The General Assembly is considering legislation that would prohibit the state from using donations to Rhode Island charities as a basis for residency –...
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