250 New Jobs at Quonset
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...
Legislation Pulls the Trigger on Sales Tax Cut to 6.5%
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...
Money In Your Pocket
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?
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...
New HUD budget proposes massive cuts to affordable housing programs
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...
Legally Required Sales Tax Cut Heads Center’s Legislative Agenda, as Counter to Progressives’ ‘Economic Justice Platform’
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...
RI Loses 1,700 Jobs in January
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 (47th in JOI): Reassessed into Stagnation
Jobs & Opportunity Index (JOI), January 2019 Reassessed into Stagnation Providence, RI – The biggest change for the RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity’s first Jobs &...
Data Shows RI Cities & Towns Are Facing Peril Due to Unfunded Obligation
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...
Job Creation Sputters Nationally, MA Adds 11,000 Jobs in Jan.
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
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
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?
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. ...
BREAKING: Mattiello Says He Will Block Raimondo’s Plan to Raise Beach Fees
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...
Providence Does Not Work Hard, According to New Study
NEW: Convicted Pedophile Richard Gardner’s House Vandalized Just a day after Providence police reportedly removed near-constant surveillance of convicted pedophile Richard Read More. NEW:...
Raimondo Pushing for Major Increase in Beach Fees—Some Up 16%
NEW: Raimondo Pushing for Major Increase in Beach Fees—Some Up 16% The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management is proposing to increase beach parking fees for Rhode Read More. ...
Retailer Payless to Close All 2,300 U.S. Stores, Including 20 in Southern N.E.
NEW: Retailer Payless to Close All 2,300 U.S. Stores, Including 20 in Southern N.E. Payless ShoeSource is planning to close all 2,300 of its U.S. stores when it files for bankruptcy later this Read...
RhodeMap RI Type Scheme
Unnecessary “Fair Housing” Bill is Unfair to Landlords! Did you seen the new video from our Center? House bill 5137, deceptively named the Fair Housing Practices bill, which...
Projo and Newport Daily News Hit With More Cuts – Latest GateHouse Layoffs Total 60+ in U.S.
Projo and Newport Daily News Hit With More Cuts – Latest GateHouse Layoffs Total 60+ in U.S. Two of Rhode Island’s newspapers were hit with more cuts this week. The parent company of the...
Governor’s Regressive Budget
The Wrong Direction? Is the Governor’s budget pointing our state in the right direction? On Monday, I attended the Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast hosted by the RI Ministers’...