Join us for an ELECTION WAVES interview featuring LisaMarie Leavitt for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 31 with Mike Stenhouse. In our ELECTION WAVES series, we will conduct a series of interviews and debates with candidates running for office in Rhode Island. Her ELECTION WAVES interview is premiering at 9:00am on Saturday, October 22, 2022 or on demand after!
His Civic, Religious, Philanthropic, and Professional Accomplishments Earned Him the Center’s Highest Honor in 2018 The of RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity mourns the passing of its founding Chairman, Dr. Daniel Harrop, who died unexpectedly this past Thursday evening. “Dr. Harrop lived a quiet and unassuming, but enormously influential life,” said the Center’s CEO, […]
Join us for an ELECTION WAVES interview featuring James Lathrop, Republican Candidate for General Treasurer with Mike Stenhouse. In our ELECTION WAVES series, we will conduct a series of interviews and debates with candidates running for office in Rhode Island. His ELECTION WAVES interview is premiering at 9:00am on Saturday, October 1, 2022 or on demand after!
RI Right to Life says, “Check your anti-Catholic bigotry and your facts Mr. Magaziner” after a report of attacks on Mayor Allan Fung for his membership in the St. Thomas More Society of Rhode Island, a well-known mainstream fraternal society of Catholic lawyers and judges.
The U.S. army is recommending soldiers apply for SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, to help cover their rising costs from inflation. The U.S. Army cites the higher prices on a range of goods because of inflation in its recently released official guidance.
A taxpayer watchdog group has released an “anti-inflation agenda” that it says the federal government should follow to combat the persistent inflation felt across the country. The Washington, D.C.-based National Taxpayers Union said in the recent policy paper that the agenda “could make modest and near-term contributions to reducing inflation, even though monetary policy at the Federal Reserve will still have the largest role to play.”
Gov. Dan McKee survived four Democratic challengers to secure a chance at a full term as Rhode Island’s governor. McKee, who took office in March 2021 when then-Gov. Gina Raimondo accepted a position in President Joe Biden’s administration, squeezed past top challenger Helene Buonanno Folkes in Tuesday’s primary by a mere 2.7% of the vote, in unofficial results.
Electronic cigarette company Juul will pay out $438.5 million to 33 states as part of a proposed settlement following a two-year investigation into the company’s marketing practices.
In October 2020, the Michigan Supreme Court stripped Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of the unilateral powers she was using when she declared a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Whitmer had been using a 1945 law – which was prompted by a three-day race riot in Detroit three years earlier – that had no sunset provision in it and didn’t require approval by the state legislature.
Since President Joe Biden took office and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas altered federal immigration policies, roughly 5 million people from over 150 countries have entered the U.S. illegally, according to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol data and border agents who provide “gotaway” numbers to The Center Square. “Gotaways” is the term CBP uses for those who’ve intentionally entered the U.S. illegally and evaded law enforcement who haven’t made asylum or immigration claims. While CBP collects “gotaway” data, it does not report that information publicly. The Center Square obtains that information from border agents themselves.
2020 was a tumultuous year in the United States. Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment surged and gun sales spiked. The murder of George Floyd also rattled confidence in law enforcement and sparked nationwide protests. Amid the turmoil, homicide cases jumped by nearly 30%, the largest single-year increase on record.
Join us for an ELECTION WAVES interview featuring Niyoka Powell, candidate for Senate District One, Providence with Mike Stenhouse. In our ELECTION WAVES series, we will conduct a series of interviews and debates with candidates running for office in Rhode Island.
Her ELECTION WAVES interview is premiering at 5:00pm on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 or on demand after!
Join us for an ELECTION WAVES interview featuring Niyoka Powell, candidate for Senate District One, Providence with Mike Stenhouse. In our ELECTION WAVES series, we will conduct a series of interviews and debates with candidates running for office in Rhode Island.
Her ELECTION WAVES interview is premiering at 5:00pm on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 or on demand after!
Consumer prices remained high in July but showed only a slight increase from June, a pause from months of surging prices. The Bureau of Economic Analysis Friday released the Personal Consumption Expenditure Index data, a key marker of inflation closely watched by the U.S. Federal Reserve when it makes its interest rate decisions.
The oldest Jewish university in the U.S. has now appealed to the Supreme Court as the next step in a lengthy battle over whether the religious school has to recognize an LGBT club. The legal battle began last year when a group of students and alumni of Yeshiva University took their university to court, demanding the school endorse an LGBTQ Pride Alliance club on campus.
here are over 393 million guns in circulation in the U.S., according to estimates from the Small Arms Survey, far outnumbering the national population of 327 million. In the United States – the only country in the world home to more civilian-owned guns than people – guns are big business.
ELECTION WAVES will conduct a series of interviews and debates with candidates running for office in Rhode Island.
A new electric bus fleet will be available to public transit riders in Rhode Island. Fourteen New Flyer Xcelsior CHARGE NG buses will be delivered over the next couple of months and replace diesel-fueled buses that are in use on the R-Line, the route with the highest ridership. The buses are battery-electric powered, Gov. Dan McKee said. The R-Line connects Providence and Pawtucket.
ELECTION WAVES will conduct a series of interviews and debates with candidates running for office in Rhode Island.
Doc Skoly’s legal team files lawsuit seeking damages and public trial after his practice was shutdown when he refused to take the covid-19 vaccine because of valid medical concerns.
Rhode Island residents seeking employment in offshore wind will benefit from a new training program. Gov. Dan McKee, along with labor and higher education officials and officials from Orsted and Eversource, announced Wednesday a new partnership that brings together higher education, workforce development, and labor organizations that is designed to provide state residents with the education and training necessary to work in the energy sector.
Classified state employees are now eligible to run for state elected offices in Rhode Island. The change permits a classified employee to run for the nomination or be a candidate for state office if that position of not fully funded by a federal loan or grant money.
Luis San Lucas is a captain in the Providence Police Department who was paid $278,194 in 2021, making him the city’s highest paid employee. According to city records, San Lucas earned a salary of $130,299 and garnered another $85,286 in overtime. He also received a payment in 2021 of $60,052 for overtime involving events that the city provides police protection.
City transit in Newport, Rhode Island, is getting a jolt from taxpayers with a RAISE grant. The $22.3 million project, news of which was shared through congressional news releases on Tuesday, will enable the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority to procure 25 battery-electric buses enabling all Newport-based services to be electric. A release from U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse also said charging infrastructure and facility upgrades are coming.
ELECTION WAVES will conduct a series of interviews and debates with candidates running for office in Rhode Island.
Do you want to stay up-to-date on the latest news and events happening in Rhode Island? If so, then this podcast is for you! We discuss current events that are affecting the Ocean State. We also give you interviews with local and national knowledge experts on the most important topics. Our goal is to make sure everyone has access to the information they need to be informed citizens. Tune into #InTheDugout every Monday through Thursday live at 4:00pm on the Ocean State Current for your weekly dose of news and views!
ELECTION WAVES will conduct a series of interviews and debates with candidates running for office in Rhode Island. In this edition, Mike Stenhouse interviews candidate for Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District, Allen Waters (R). Waters discusses his experiences, his plans for the congress, and his thoughts on the current state of Rhode Island politics.
He also addresses some of the challenges he would face as congressman. A middle-class, Rhode Island native and family man with blue-collar roots, Allen defines himself as a “People’s Candidate.” He is fiscally responsible, socially conscious, believes in traditional American Values, follows the Constitution, and is a strong advocate for ordinary Americans like himself. His ELECTION WAVES interview is well worth a listen today at 5:00pm or on demand after!
The RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity is consistently – and falsely – characterized by our left-wing critics as being funded by the Koch brothers. What is true, is that the “Galkin brothers” are two of our Center’s original major benefactors. The passing earlier this month or the elder brother, Robert Galkin, is a highly […]
It has been over four months since Dr. Stephen Skoly won a victory against the RI Department of Health, when a March 11 “Dismissal Stipulation” freed him to resume critical surgical care for his patients. This, after a RIDOH Compliance Order effectively shut down his practice on October 1 of 2021, when Skoly’s valid request […]
A majority of Democrats do not want President Joe Biden to run for reelection in 2024, according to a new poll. The New York Times/Siena College numbers released Monday show that only 26% of Democratic voters surveyed want Biden to receive the party’s nomination in the next presidential election in 2024. The poll found 64% of Democratic voters want a different candidate to lead their ticket.