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For nonprofits, less is more on political advocacy

Government 10/26/2018

Rhode Island nonprofits, to varying degrees, have thrown their weight behind certain causes in past elections that align with their missions. But some have learned...

THE INSTITUTE ON TAXATION AND ECONOMIC POLICY said that Rhode Island having the No. 32 least equitable income-to-tax ratios state in the U.S. in a new report. / COURTESY INSTITUTE ON TAXATION AND ECONOMIC POLICY

Study finds the wealthy pay a lesser share of their income...

Economic Activity 10/18/2018

PROVIDENCE – The greater your income in Rhode Island, the less of it you pay in state and local taxes, a new study finds. The...

Report: Income inequality continues to grow in U.S.

Economic Activity 07/19/2018

PROVIDENCE - Income inequality in the United States has continued to grow in the years since the Great Recession, though the gap in Rhode...

ECONOMIC PROGRESS INSTITUTE Policy Director Linda Katz presents the EPI's "Medicaid Matters in Rhode Island 2018" report at the Statehouse. / COURTESY EPI

EPI report highlights importance of Medicaid to Rhode Islanders

Health Services 05/22/2018

PROVIDENCE – Without the billions of dollars the state budgets for Medicaid each year, Sara Braganca might not have found the resources to survive...

Raising minimum wage boosts economy

Government 05/04/2018

Increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour is one of the best things we can do to simultaneously help low-wage, working families and...

EPI to host 10th annual policy and budget conference

Financial Services 04/24/2018

PROVIDENCE – The Economic Progress Institute will host its 10th annual policy and budget conference on April 26 in Providence. Andy Van Kleunen, CEO and...

THE HOUSE APPROVED A $9.6 BILLION fiscal 2019 budget on Friday. / PBN FILE PHOTO/NICOLE DOTZENROD

Campaign champions long-term home care independence

Health Services 04/23/2018

PROVIDENCE – The desire to stay in your home as you age is a given for most, but law and policy don’t support that...

CONCERNED: Keynote speaker Mark W. Everson, vice chairman of alliantgroup, a Texas-based tax-services provider, addresses the crowd at the Providence Business News 2018 Tax Reform Summit. He says the growing budget deficit is a top concern. / PBN PHOTO/ MIKE SKORSKI

Uncertainty reigns on impact of tax changes

Financial Services 02/02/2018

Anyone who thought the new tax law would result in a simpler tax code would be sorely mistaken. If anything, parts of the sweeping new...

MASS OF CONFUSION: Steven Ursillo, managing director of West Warwick-based Sparrow, Johnson & Ursillo Inc., certified public accountants, business and technology consultants, describes the GOP tax-reform plan as a “mass of confusion.” He said people tried to predict what would happen with the last tax overhaul in 1986, only to see things pulled and added at the last minute. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Congress to finally debate tax reform

Financial Services 11/03/2017

President Donald Trump’s tax plan pledges to reduce the complexity of the federal tax code, to benefit small businesses, corporations and middle-class Americans. But how...