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Governor Chafee rewards with a judgeship the man who laid the vital groundwork for gutting ethics in RI government and who paid the third highest ethics fine in Rhode Island history.
The RI General Assembly will be taking up same-sex marriage legislation this week, and the bills on the table vary substantially with regard to the religious protections afforded those who disagree with the move
Answering confusion about the import of RIGOP chairman candidate Dan Harrop’s withdrawal from the race, a GOP insider explains the options that were on the table for his supporters.
An article not about what it’s about; sequester demagoguery; softening kids for “effort shock”; and the rise of grassroots fascism.
In the midst of wall-to-wall storm coverage, two bills have entered the legislative chute that ought to attract more attention than a local run on milk and crackers.
Justin writes live from a five-hour, four-panel economic conference put on by the RI House of Representatives.
Government control of Americans’ lives brings to mind Daffy Duck’s quest for found wealth.
Feeling hopeful, RI?; “top priority” is shown, not stated; RI gets fatherless children first; surviving sans regulation; surviving sans net income; and surviving sans a documented framework for working together.
Government’s corrupt pension handling; the discount rate scam; fighting off the zoning inspector; government peeking doesn’t count as privacy invasion.
Explaining Rhode Island’s decline in four brief sections: legal process, the economy, the media, and fashionable graft.
Two narratives on the economy; a health exchange story the media is missing; government as pretend leader; powerful teachers’ unions (plus Ted Nesi’s Rolodex)
Harmful tweaks to ObamaCare point the way to less and less freedom (and less and less prosperity).
What subsidizes green?; what the unions want the pension law to say; First Family Holiday Fame; America, the Special.
Critical thinking sexism in Providence schools; a masculine career in disability; indoctrination; gambling on the law; an earnest pun.
Changing unions’ privatization strategy; the government spending ratchet; the government spending racket; and the trap of dependency.
Mainstream reporters chat; the unknown cost of economic development; improving higher education by dumbing it down; a lawless society.
Liveblogging discussion of municipal pensions at Brown University.
The question of President U.S. Grant’s liberality touches on the muddled thinking of modern progressives.
Ted Nesi’s heralding of union organizers as “smart” captains of their political teams gives context for considering Rhode Island’s deep, deep problems.
RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity CEO Mike Stenhouse notes the successes and failures of “Make It Happen RI,” with concern that the latter will prove to dominate.
The topics of hope and hopelessness pervaded this weekend’s readings, from absurd labor rules in schools, to the likely outcome of Make It Happen, to Spencer Dickinson’s insider view, and then to Sandra Fluke.
The Chariho school district is the latest to test boundaries in search of budgetary relief from the teachers’ union machine.
Justin rustles up some quick hit-posts from his daily reading list.
Rhode Island’s Health Benefit Exchange Board includes special interest groups like the Economic Progress Institute, which have worked to expand the scope and reach of various welfare programs. EPI is well positioned to convert the exchange into a “dependency portal.”
Tea Party activists see a return of the “welfare queen” in health benefit exchange “dependency portals” and President Obama’s policy on work rules for welfare.
The RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity has created a page to trace the development of Rhode Island’s “dependency portal.”
Re-entry programs for ex-convicts provide a valuable service, but some think they’re compromising public safety, with big dollars flowing in behind.
RI officials acknowledge, but downplay, the intention to link additional government services to the state’s health benefits exchange. But advocates for smaller government see a pattern in federal and state efforts to make various public payments easier to get.
Justin writes live from a Rhode Island Board of Elections meeting.
Rhode Island’s political lopsidedness helped to put the state at the vanguard of voter ID legislation across the country.