Rhode Island Employment Snapshot, September 2014: What RI Worry?
Rhode Island was one of only 14 states to lose employment in September, according to data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Unemployment in the Ocean State fell […]
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Rhode Island was one of only 14 states to lose employment in September, according to data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Unemployment in the Ocean State fell […]
Download: Freedom Index 2014 Scorecard; legislator votes, bill explanations, and rankings Go to main Freedom Index page. NOW LIVE! Interactive Scorecard 2014 Freedom Index Findings Ninety-nine (99) different pieces of legislation (counting […]
Whether or not one believed the six-month boom in employment that government statistics proclaimed, the trend has turned around in Rhode Island. The unemployment rate may have frozen at 7.7%, […]
Whether or not there has been any tangible evidence, the statistics have suggested that Rhode Islanders’ job prospects boomed for the first six months of 2014. The number of employed […]
The Center’s CEO provides testimony & opinion about how a ConCon can be structured to best serve the people of Rhode Island and not the typical special interest insiders. [button […]
You’ll never guess what Rhode Island’s unemployment rate did in June. It went down again! To 7.9%. That’s still worst in the country (tied with Mississippi), but Rhode Island has […]
Rhode Island’s unemployment rate moved down by a notch, rather than a leap, in May, to 8.2%. However, the 2,659 newly employed Rhode Islanders, according to official Bureau of Labor […]
But Leaves $168 Million of RI Taxpayer Dollars on the Table The budget unveiled in the Rhode Island House Finance Committee, last week, showed a $13.3 million decrease in […]
At least according to the statistics, Rhode Island’s employment picture is improving, but it’s relatively unchanged in comparison with the country… and it’s increasingly difficult to believe the statistics.
The Center’s proposed strategy for managing the transition to a 3% sales tax in Rhode Island.
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