Tag: Rhode Island Promise
Can a former teacher-turned-House-minority firebrand capture the attention of voters...
Patricia Morgan has made a political career of standing up to power.
A vocal critic of the truck tolls enacted this year in Rhode Island...
Education, economic policy linked for gubernatorial candidates
By many measures, Rhode Island has long had a troubled education system. While most major gubernatorial candidates have at least paid lip service to...
High student debt is impediment to R.I.’s future economic health
The latest student-debt rankings put Rhode Island near the top – and not in a good way.
According to LendEDU, an online student lending tool,...
Gov. Gina M. Raimondo sees a growing state economy to be...
When Gov. Gina M. Raimondo first ran for governor, the state’s economy was beginning to emerge from the impact of the Great Recession, still...
RIC eyeing free-tuition expansion
The proposed expansion of Rhode Island Promise is already generating excitement at Rhode Island College, which could benefit significantly if the state provides free...
This promise delivers for future of R.I. and its students
Can lightning strike twice? If the bolt of energy is a new, expanded version of the Rhode Island Promise college scholarship program, let us...
Raimondo pledges to expand Rhode Island Promise program if re-elected
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has proposed to dramatically expand the Rhode Island Promise program, if re-elected to a second term.
The scholarship program...
Numbers related to RI Promise cohort’s successes ‘encouraging’
WARWICK – The Rhode Island Promise scholarship program inception during the 2017-18 academic year has been accompanied by a 240 percent year-over-year increase in first-time,...
Are lawmakers ready to deal on PawSox?
The General Assembly has returned to work with a few critical topics to consider and a host of other issues that will likely lead...
G.A.’s 2018 session sure to be a contentious, significant one
With an estimated $60 million budget shortfall in fiscal 2018 and another $200 million in fiscal 2019, Rhode Island’s elected leaders are faced with...
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