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What some call an overly generous social safety net has enabled Rhode Island to have a relatively low proportion of uninsured residents. With high unemployment and other economic woes, however, access to health-care is worsening. Writing in this week's...
Amid the bleak landscape described in the previous post, there's a bit of good news: 1) the cost of heating oil, which threatened to pose another crisis this winter, has declined, at least for the time being, to a more manageable average of about...
Many social advocates across Rhode Island point to a "perfect storm" of adverse forces -- the fiscal crisis, budget deficits in RI, the foreclosure mess, high unemployment, etc. -- as we move into the holiday season. In this week's Phoenix...
We all know how the Northeast is facing a looming crisis because of growing heating costs this winter. So how effective a regulatory watchdog is the little-known state Public Utilities Commission ? (The PUC's three commissioners are pictured above...
Three days after N4N broke the news that Miriam Inocencio, the CEO of Planned Parenthood of Rhode Island , had resigned, PPRI has released an official statement. The move comes after the organization's Connecticut chapter gave an oblique description...
UPDATE II : Susan Yolen, a spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood of Connecticut , confirmed to me that Inocencio has resigned. She attributed the change to how "the market is changing," and how "it's difficult to be in a small Planned...
A lame duck President Bush and the big telephone companies get their way on FISA (Senator Reed voted with the minority in opposition, Senator Whitehouse in favor). Closer to home, consumers are the ones who will bear the brunt of rising utility costs...
Here's the reax from AG Patrick Lynch : Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch today issued the following statement regarding the opinion by the Rhode Island Supreme Court, State of Rhode Island v. Lead Industries Association, Inc., et al, that reverses...
Via BeloBlog : The Rhode Island Supreme Court today reversed a lower court’s judgments in favor of the state in its suit against companies that manufactured and sold lead paint in Rhode Island. The court reversed the Superior Court’s decision calling...
A report to be released tomorrow, to be joined by a call for action by advocates, calls Rhode Island the second most economically distressed state in the nation. From the RI Coalition for the Homeless : When: Tuesday, July 1, 2:00 pm Where: In front of...
So says a new report by Citizens for Tax Justice : The report finds that: • The majority of the benefits of the tax cuts for capital gains and dividend income go to the richest one percent in every state. • Revenue collected by the capital gains tax was...
Hillary's role as the first truly credible female presidential candidate has offered a lot of grist for the gender mill, from her attempts, via macho swagger, to emasculate Obama , to calls that our concepts of power be separated from such reductionist...
How to overcome the cheeseburga-cheeseburga mentality? Yes, by understanding that sex sells (but where's Gina Gershon ?). What: Wearing nothing but strategically placed lettuce leaves, a pair of PETA's Lettuce Ladies will hand out free Tofurky brand mock...
We're at a point where Governor Carcieri, legislative leaders, and A.T. Wall, director of the state Department of Corrections, basically agree on the need to expand treatment options for non-violent criminal offenders. Doing so is smart policy and more...
Coming your way, at the State House: From MERI : On Wednesday, May 7, the Rhode Island Assembly's House Judiciary Committee will hear testimony on several bills addressing marriage equality rights for all Rhode Island couples, regardless of gender or...
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