Tag: Politics
Do you agree with Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza’s decision to...
Hope Point Tower, the 46-story, nearly 600-foot residential building that New York developer The Fane Organization wants to build on former Interstate 195 land...
Of these options for tax policy in Rhode Island, which should...
The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council has come out with its 2018 analysis of Rhode Island’s state and local government tax collections and how...
With bus/train station coming, redevelopment focus for Pawtucket, Central Falls must...
More than a decade after it was first discussed, ground was broken for a commuter train and bus station in Pawtucket earlier this month,...
With the election now settled, do you think that Rhode Island...
A major issue in any election is the economic health of the city/state/country that is holding the vote, and nowhere was the issue debated...
Stocks rally as vote clouds clear with no surprise
NEW YORK – U.S. equities jumped, the dollar dropped and Treasuries climbed as investors moved past the hurdle of uncertainty presented by the midterm elections...
What’s wrong with the 2% inflation target?
In 1996, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan had an exchange with Janet Yellen, then a member of the Fed’s Board of Governors, that presaged...
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...
Should the Hope Point Tower be built?
The Fane Organization appeared before Providence City Council to present a new version of its proposed $300 million residential skyscraper, Hope Point Tower. The...
PBN on WJAR-TV, Oct. 22, 2018
Will 2018 be the year Rhode Island voters take a stand on the condition of public schools?
Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears...
R.I.’s independent streak could bring unexpected results
As symbols go, Rhode Island’s Independent Man doesn’t hold anything back.
Looking out over the state from the top of the Statehouse rotunda, the Independent...
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