As we have pointed out until we were Blue in the face, the toxic combination of union and Democratic control of almost every aspect of Rhode Island has created an economic death spiral in which Rhode Island has the highest unemployment in the nation and is losing population.
Yet we sure does...
Father-daughter dances, currently banned in Cranston, Rhode Island after the ACLU and a single mother threatened to sue under the state anti-discrimination law, are one step closer to reinstatement.
The Rhode Island Senate has approved language amending the law to allow single-sex events if comparable events are provided for the other sex,...
There was a lock down of the University of Rhode Island campus in Kingston today after reports of a possible gunman on campus.
Rhode Island has the highest unemployment rate in the country, it’s crushed by unsustainable public sector salaries and pensions which are protected by union
For perhaps the first time in recent memory, the Rhode Island General Assembly will consider legislation that could have a profound positive impact on the lives of virtually all residents and businesses in the state.
Rhode Island families are being torn apart. Parents, children, and siblings are being driven out of the...
Much of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is without power as the result of the Snowzilla/Snowmaggedon/Blizzapocalypse of 2013. Including my house.
Pray for our water pipes.
Update 2-10-2013 9 a.m. — They’re still dripping. One of the few times a drip is a good thing.
and 8 p.m. — lights...
I have pointed out before how In RI, Public Sector Unions Are The State and how behind almost every Democratic politician there stands a union.
So the latest news is not surprising. Via ProJo, Laborers’ union again gives two R.I. Senate leaders six-figure compensation:
Annual reports showing the overlap between the public and private...
From The Providence Journal:
“IPlead ThePiff” posed on his Facebook page with marijuana, money, a delivery guarantee — and guns.
“I don’t talk,” he wrote on one photo. “I let my guns sing and if a … gotta problem. wit it tell em my revolver said it.”
A commenter warned him: “Stop putting them...
BREAKING!!!!!!!
The straight party line vote in my home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is an important tool of Democratic Party control — just check one box at the top and you’re done. That box almost always will be Democratic in the most Democratic state in the country.
It’s one of the...
My home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is under the foot of the unions and the Democratic politicians they control.
This tiny beautiful state is politically pathetic, with a voting death grip on big goverment. It’s a death spiral, as witnessed by the loss of population, RI population...
I saw this Saturday night at Twins Pizza, a 50-year old institution in North Providence, RI.
It’s an old-school pizza place in a deeply Italian, working-class town. Dated wood paneling, big portions, cheap prices.<...
John Robitaille is the type of moderate Republican we constantly are told is needed to win over centrist Democrats and independents.
But it’s not true in Rhode Island and many other blue states.
There are not enough centrist Democrats or independents willing to consider moderate Republicans in states like Rhode Island. In my...
For the top prize as the Worst-Run State.
Via Yahoo Finance (h/t Danelle), California is the worst-run state, with Rhode Island just behind:
49. Rhode Island
> Debt per capita: $9,018 (3rd highest)
> Budget deficit: 13.4% (28th largest)
> Unemployment: 11.3% (3rd highest)
> Median household income: $53,636 (17th highest)
> Pct. below poverty line: 14.7%...
Spotted in Rhode Island.
In a town which has passed a ban on plastic bags in supermarkets:
+80
