Tag: Trump
Under Trump, U.S. is sicker
Let’s revisit Ronald Reagan’s “Are you better off now than four years ago?” question, zooming in on health.
President Donald Trump, take a reverse-bow. You...
For blacks, housing crisis endures
Here’s one way the 2008 financial crisis is still very much with us: For black Americans, homeownership is more out of reach than it...
Protect clean-water rules
President Donald Trump really dislikes the 2015 Clean Water Rule. Barely a month after taking office he directed the Environmental Protection Agency to take...
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan says a ‘high-tech and high-touch’...
When Brian Moynihan became CEO of Bank of America Corp. after Ken Lewis stepped down in 2010, he took the helm in a period...
OHIC: Short-term health plans not approved for sale in R.I.
PROVIDENCE - The Trump Administration’s plan to expand access to short-term, limited duration health plans which omit coverage mandated by the Affordable Care Act...
Long-simmering divisions on immigration have boiled over nationally. Is the Ocean...
In March 2017 the Rhode Island chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union drafted a model ordinance that would reject local police cooperation with...
Trump work-requirement time limit for SNAP benefits unrealistic, critics say
PROVIDENCE — President Donald Trump’s executive order Tuesday requiring stricter enforcement of a 20-hour work week for a portion of the 158,481 Rhode Islanders...
OHIC works to limit health insurance subsidy cut’s effect on insured
PROVIDENCE — When President Donald Trump signed an executive order canceling Cost Sharing Reduction subsidies to 17,000 Rhode Islanders who depend on the program to afford...