Tag: Election
Opinion: Yes on Question 2 to support clean water, climate resilience,...
Turning the faucet on for a cold drink of water or for a shower in the morning. Something so routine we don’t even think...
R.I. election administrators estimate half of Nov. election votes will come...
PROVIDENCE – State election administrators are predicting a record number of Rhode Island voters will cast their ballots before Election Day this year.
R.I. Secretary...
Election planning hampered by COVID-19
Several Rhode Island communities have been struggling to find poll workers for upcoming elections because many experienced workers have “retired” over worries about the...
Wanted: poll workers in R.I.
For the first time in Rhode Island, mail ballots topped in-person voting in the spring presidential primary.
Election officials in several communities have good reason...
PBN survey: Businesses uncertain on growth
Business continues to be good in the Ocean State, but compared with previous years fewer companies are willing to bet right now on the...
Correia loses reelection to Coogan in Fall River
FALL RIVER (AP) – A Massachusetts mayor facing federal fraud and extortion charges has lost reelection.
Incumbent Jasiel F. Correia II remained on the Fall...
Watch midsize cities fight inequality
The defining questions of our time might be, how is America going to reduce inequality and reform its dysfunctional political institutions?
At the national level,...
Five Questions With June Speakman
Rep. June Speakman | Democrat, Bristol
1. You decided to seek office while working at Roger Williams University. How did that affect you as a...
Politically correct?
Do your employees engage in conversations about politics in the workplace?
Yes: 78.6%
No: 21.4%
What do the conversations tend to focus on?
National politics: 42.9%
State/local politics: 35.7%
Employees...
Government work out of fashion
While overall U.S. nonfarm payroll employment went up by 201,000 in August, according to the Sept. 7 jobs report from the Bureau of Labor...