Tag: public policy
Commerce RI committee to consider incentives for $165M Amgen manufacturing facility
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. Investment Committee has filed a meeting notice for Friday in which it will consider the application of Immunex...
Report: 64% of R.I.ers getting tax cut, 7% tax increase in...
PROVIDENCE – Fewer then two-thirds of Rhode Islanders will see a tax cut on their 2018 federal tax bill, according to calculations done by...
PBN on WJAR-TV, March 26, 2018
PROVIDENCE – Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on WJAR-TV NBC 10’s Coffee Break to discuss the newspaper’s most recent cover story...
Commerce RI launches small business hotline, ad campaign
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. launched a new small business hotline number Monday, (401) 521-HELP (401-521-4357) designed to make it easier for small...
Mixed messages through Raimondo’s term
Now in her fourth year as the state’s chief executive, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo is looking at running for re-election. So it seems as...
PBN on WJAR-TV, March 19, 2018, ‘Is sports betting a budget...
PROVIDENCE – Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on WJAR-TV NBC 10’s Coffee Break to discuss the newspaper’s most recent cover story...
Will the tax system overhaul proposed by the U.S. Senate have...
As conferees from the U.S. House and Senate try to reconcile their two competing tax overhaul proposals, there is time to consider what the...
Would losing the PawSox to Worcester be an economic or psychological...
The Pawtucket Red Sox leadership recently took a trip to Worcester, Mass., to begin talks with the city about potentially moving the minor league...
Should the state re-authorize and re-capitalize the historic-preservation tax credit program?
Since its creation in 2001, Rhode Island's Historic Preservation Tax Credits have attracted $1.3 billion in private investment, while costing the state $350.7 million...
The state’s new approach to incentives has developers pining for a...
Time matters in historic renovation, and nowhere is that clearer than at the sprawling Pontiac Mills in Warwick.
The 19th-century textile mill was in a...