Tag: lawmakers
Craft brewers to press lawmakers for help in softening market
There will always be a market for beer but it is not unlimited, as local craft beer makers have learned in recent years.
In 2011,...
Five Questions With: Mick Lamond
Mick Lamond | CEO and president, Newport Restaurant Group
1. Does being the first non-family member to lead the Newport Restaurant Group bring additional...
Report: Oncology doctors’ exodus has South County patients scrambling
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The recent departure of most the oncology department at South County Hospital has forced cancer patients to scramble and find care...
Make the case for MBE expansion
The state last fiscal year exceeded its minimum 10% minority contracting standard for just the third time, and the first since 2019.
Now Gov. Daniel...
Andrew Schiff
Selfless commitment to others is more than an aspiration for Andrew Schiff, CEO of the Rhode Island Community Food Bank – it’s his job.
Every...
More transparency, accountability needed in state film program
Producers of a feature film being shot in Rhode Island are seeking just over $22 million in state tax credits.
But everyone outside of a...
Pandemic’s effects will dominate 2021 General Assembly session
The landscape has changed dramatically, literally and figuratively, for state lawmakers for what is shaping up to be among the most consequential General Assembly...
Should Rhode Island allow movie productions to use state tax credits...
State lawmakers have approved bills in the House and Senate allowing movie productions to use state tax credits even if the majority of the...
If Warwick’s T.F. Green Airport gets a new name, what should...
A significant dip in passenger traffic at T.F. Green Airport is sure to have operators again calling on state lawmakers to approve a name...
What is the No. 1 issue state lawmakers need to address...
State lawmakers are mandated each year to pass a balanced budget. Beyond that, which this year requires filling a fiscal 2021 budget hole that...
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