NY-Based Gotham Greens Unveils $12.5 Million Urban Greenhouse Farm in Providence New York-based Gotham Greens joined Governor Gina Raimondo and elected officials on Thursday to preview its Read...

Employment and Jobs Turn Down Providence, RI – The only changes in the RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity’s Jobs & Opportunity Index (JOI) report for February came from the...

Corporate Medicaid Tax   Businesses should be applauded for hiring those most in need of work…not punished with more taxes, and certainly not made out to be the bad guy. It is misguided to...

Written Testimony by Mike Stenhouse Opposing “Minimum Wage” Hikes   Would further degrade an already weak Ocean State Jobs Market Providence, RI – The CEO of the RI Center for...

Boston among likeliest cities to lead world in technology in the next few years: Report Annual industry survey from KPMG sees Boston tied for ninth with Austin By Tom Acitelli Boston is the ninth...

R.I. Monthly Highlights Quonset Business Park Quonset Business Park was featured in a 10-page spread in Rhode Island Monthly’s February edition. The article showcases “the secret life of...

Bill Re-Defines Trigger to Statutorily Cut the State Sales Tax Already Pulled? Providence, RI — Suffering from a slate of retail store closings and far fewer in-state jobs than the government...

The 6.5% Sales Tax Promise   Existing state law (General Law 44-18-18) specifies a “trigger” for a sales tax rate reduction to 6.5% (from its current level of 7.0%!) if certain...

Proliferation of Chain Stores on Thayer St. — The Death of Locally Owned Retail? Thayer Street on Providence’s East Side used to be predominately dominated by an eclectic collection of local Read...

In a proposal that’s anything but populist, the administration would strip vital funding for vulnerable residents of both urban and rural communities. ALAN PYKE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S...

THE HALF-PERCENT PROMISE Center Calls for Statutorily-Required Sales Tax Cut Full Agenda in Stark Contrast to “Women’s Economic Justice Platform” Providence, RI — With Rhode...

NEW: RI Loses 1,700 Jobs in January Rhode Island lost 1,700 jobs in the month of January while unemployment remained at 4.0 percent, according to the Rhode Read More.     NEW: Roger Williams...

Jobs & Opportunity Index (JOI), January 2019   Reassessed into Stagnation Providence, RI – The biggest change for the RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity’s first Jobs &...

Economic Tsunami: Data Shows RI Cities & Towns Are Facing Peril Due to Unfunded Obligation Despite the national and regional economy being in a ten-year economic recovery, Rhode Island’s cities...

U.S. Economy Adds 20K Jobs in February for Weakest Gain in 17 Months The U.S. economy saw its weakest gain in 17 months, adding just 20,000 jobs in February, according to the Labor Read More.  ...

Retail Armageddon Heats Up in Rhode Island — Dozens of Stores Close Retailers are closing stores at a record pace and Rhode Island is getting hit hard.  In January, before many of theRead More.  ...

Christiansen’s Dairy is Closing — 3rd Generation Company Began in the 1920s Another part of historic Rhode Island is coming to an end. Christiansen’s Diary is closing — the company Read More....

Is Providence’s Pedestrian Bridge the Most Expensive Ever? As the numbers emerge on the cost of Providence’s pedestrian bridge, the project is now estimated to be $1,470 a Read More.    ...

Speaker Mattiello Says He Will Block Raimondo’s Plan to Raise Beach Fees Speaker of the House Nick Mattiello said on Thursday that the General Assembly will block Governor Gina...