MEDIA COVERAGE SAMPLES 2015

12/24/15 – The Providence Journal: Justin Katz: Calling R.I. treasurer’s pension bluf

12/18/15 – RI NPR: Political Roundtable: Stenhouse On Truck Tolls, 38 Studios & Raimondo’s First Year

12/16/15 – ABC 6: On The Record with Buddy Cianci- Mike Stenhouse

12/13/15 – The Providence Journal: Justin Katz: Accountability is what works in education

12/10/15 – State of the State: RI Farm Bureau 2015 Navigator Award Recipients

12/10/15 – The Providence Journal: Sakonnet and taxpayer groups form new truck toll opposition alliance

12/10/15 – WPRI 12: New questions about $595M savings from Raimondo truck-toll plan

12/10/15 – 630 WPRO: Monique Chartier with Matt Allen on StopTollsRI.com

11/26/15 – GoLocal Prov: Gencarella: TOLLS – Trucks Today, Cars Tomorrow.

11/18/15 – GoLocal Prov: Rhode Island Performed 40% Worse than Massachusetts on PARCC

11/13/15 – The Woonsocket Call: Statewide teacher contract would infringe on local sovereignty

11/12/15 – GoLocal Prov: Critics Raise Questions Over Proposed Statewide Teacher Contract

11/12/15 – GoLocal Prov: Bishop: For Whom the Bill Tolls

11/6/15 – RI NPR: TGIF: 19 Things To Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media

11/3/15 – The Valley Breeze: ARLENE VIOLET – Are you dumb enough to pay for upcoming state tolls fiasco?

11/2/15 – The Providence Journal: Justin Katz: State government makes Rhode Islanders’ lives less fulfilling

11/2/15 – WPRI 12: Here’s why RIDOT says a truck-toll bond would save RI $612M

11/2/15 – The Providence Journal: Details scant on placement, size of proposed truck tolls

10/25/15 – The Providence Journal: Questions linger over toll proposal as Raimondo, Mattiello prepare to meet

10/24/15 – The Woonsocket Call: Watchdog groups call for stronger 38 Studios investigation

10/22/15 – The Providence Journal: A frustrated oversight chairwoman MacBeth wants 38 Studios answers and action

10/20/15 – WPRI 12: Mattiello defends urging Raimondo to hire ex-Rep. Lally

10/16/15 – The Providence Journal: GOP-led think tank backs privatizing, not tolling, R.I.’s bridges

10/14/15 – The Providence Journal: Justin Katz: Executive’s perspective colored by profit motive

10/14/15 – The Brown Daily Herald: Plan to provide licenses to undocumented workers stalls

10/7/15 – GoLocal Prov: Reform Groups Demand RI General Assembly Members Take Position on 38 Studios

10/7/15 – Rhode Island College News: American Democracy Project at RIC Tackled Campaign Finance Reform

10/6/15 – WPRI 12: 5 watchdog groups pressure RI lawmakers on 38 Studios

10/5/15 – The Providence Journal: Campaign-finance reform discussion set Thursday

10/2/15 – RI NPR: TGIF: 18 Things to Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media

9/24/15 – GoLocal Prov: INVESTIGATION: Severe Financial Problems Plague State Agency

9/22/15 – GoLocal Prov: Rhode Island’s Top 100 Non-Profits Have Over $16 Billion in Assets

9/8/15 – WPRI 12: Cost of RI’s biggest-ever IT project soars to $364M

9/1/15 – Fox Providence: Mike Stenhouse on State of Mind

8/31/15 – GoLocal Prov: RI’s Economic Study Funder Manages $65 Million in RI Pension Money

8/30/15 – The Providence Journal: Political Scene: Whetting the appetite for answers in 38 Studios debacle

8/28/15 – Fox Providence: Justin Katz on State of Mind

8/27/15 – Patch.com: Coventry School Committee Votes to Oppose HPV Vaccine Mandate

8/25/15 – The Warwick Beacon: 38 Studios revelations show importance of vigilance

8/21/15 – NBC 10: Watchdog groups call for 38 Studios investigation

8/21/15 – The Boston Globe: R.I. police still investigating Schilling’s video game company

8/20/15 – 630 WPRO: 3 watchdog groups call for further investigation into 38 studios

8/20/15 – ABC 6: Court documents renew calls for 38 Studios investigation

8/20/15 – The Providence Journal: Watchdog groups seek 38 Studios investigations

8/20/15 – The Warwick Beacon: Opponents to mandatory HPV vaccine say they’re gaining ground

8/20/15 – GoLocal Prov: NEW: Government Reform Groups Call For Formal 38 Studios Investigation

8/20/15 – The Valley Breeze: Good government groups call for full investigation of 38 Studios

8/20/15 – RI NPR: Advocacy Groups Call For An In-Depth Probe On 38 Studios

8/19/15 – The Valley Breeze: Parents fill library to hear DOH talk on HPV vaccine

8/18/15 – Fox News: Rhode Island health officials say they won’t change HPV vaccine mandate

8/18/15 – The Providence Journal: Additional public meetings on HPV vaccine scheduled

8/17/15 – GoLocal Prov: HPV Vaccine Mandate Opponents Blast State at Press Conference

8/17/15 – The Valley Breeze: Protest against HPV mandate tonight

8/17/15 – The Providence Journal: At Cumberland rally, critics present their case against mandatory HPV shot

8/16/15 – GoLocal Prov: Moore: Will Brookings Study Remember RI’s Forgotten People?

8/13/15 – The Warwick Beacon: HEALTH moving forward with HPV vaccine mandate

8/13/15 – GoLocal Prov: 5 RI Cities Depend on State Aid for One Third of Their Budgets

8/11/15 – B 101: HPV Vaccine Mandate – Mike Stenhouse

8/6/15 – GoLocal Prov: Public or Private: Are RI Charter Schools Trying to Have it Both Ways?

8/5/15 – The Warwick Beacon: A choice that must be carefully considered

8/5/15 – The Johnston Sunrise: Vaccination exemption stays for now

8/2/15 – The Providence Journal: Civil liberties debate heats up as R.I. ranks tops in vaccinating youths for HPV

7/31/15 – GoLocal Prov: Mandatory HPV Vaccinations for RI Students Blasted by Opponents

7/30/15 – The Providence Journal: Conservative research group opposed to mandatory HPV vaccinations in R.I.

7/30/15 – Patch: Is Your Seventh Grader Vaccinated for HPV Yet? It’s the Rule

7/29/15 – GoLocal Prov: Will Fung Survive Policegate?

7/24/15 – B 101: Bright Today/School Choice- Mike Stenhouse

7/16/15 – GoLocal Prov: RI’s Worst and Most Outdated Criminal Laws

7/11/15 – The Boston Herald: Op-ed: Stadium game a loser for taxpayers

7/6/15 – The Providence Journal: Mike Stenhouse: Court ruling dooms HealthSource RI

7/1/15 – The Valley Breeze: No longer any reason for Healthsource RI

6/29/15 – GoLocal Prov: Just 9 Percent of RI Stimulus Funds Went to Roads, Bridges

6/26/15 – GoLocal Prov: Top Ten Bills of the 2015 RI General Assembly Session

6/25/15 – Fox Providence: Mike Stenhouse on State of Mind

6/23/15 – Daily Signal: Rhode Island Hikes Minimum Wage for the Fourth Time in Four Years

6/22/15 – WPRI 12: Governor marks Rhode Island’s minimum wage increase

6/17/15 – GoLocal Prov: House Unanimously Approves $8.7 Billion FY 2016 Rhode Island Budget

6/11/15 – GoLocal Prov: RI’s Biggest Spending Special Interest Groups at the Statehouse

6/10/15 – WPRI 12: Stenhouse: RI budget not completely ‘pro-business’

6/2/15 – WPRI 12: Raimondo proposes scaling back toll proposal

6/2/15 – EcoRI News: Fear of Federal Takeover, Racial Quotas Drive RhodeMap RI Opposition

6/1/15 – GoLocal Prov: Rhode Island’s Highest Paid Union Bosses

5/28/15 – GoLocal Prov: INVESTIGATION: 11 RI Retirees Have Pensions Suspended for Breaking Work Rule

5/27/15 – The Heartland Institute: Rhode Island Sports Team Asks State Lawmakers for Hefty Handout

5/26/15 – GoLocal Prov: Guest MINDSETTER™ Mike Stenhouse – The Bait and Switch

5/22/15 – GoLocal Prov: RI Has Highest Percentage of Deficient Bridges in Country

5/20/15 – GoLocal Prov: Opponents Blast Online Retail Tax for Hurting RI Businesses

5/8/15 630 – 630 WPRO: Josh Archambault with Buddy Cianci on Medicaid Reform

5/7/15 – GoLocal Prov: 200 in RI State Pension System Retired at 45 or Younger

4/30/15 – Boston College Heights: For Marandola, Truman Is Next Step In Terms Of Service

4/28/15 – The Valley Breeze: Center introduces RI-DIMES fiscal modeling tool

4/28/15 – The Valley Breeze: TOM WARD – Re-making schools: Round 2 in a Rhode Island renaissance

4/24/15 – GoLocal Prov: Estimated 30,000 Applied for 1,110 State Jobs in RI in 2014

4/23/15 – The Warwick Beacon: Bill would allow school choice, save city $2M, say advocates

4/22/15 – GoLocal Prov: The RI Communities with the Biggest Wealth Gaps

4/21/15 – Providence Business News: Study: Bill providing funding for educational scholarship accounts won’t hurt public schools financially

4/20/15 – ABC 6: RI Commerce Corporation approves spending $300,000 on I-195 land use research

4/20/15 – ECOnews RI: It’s the Economy (and the Environment), Stupid

4/20/15 – GoLocal Prov: Leaders’ Reactions Mixed to Providence Sox Stadium Proposal

4/14/15 – GoLocal Prov: The Highest Paid CEOs in Rhode Island

4/10/15 – The Bond Buyer: Pension Deal Could Put Rhode Island on New Path

4/10/15 – GoLocal Prov: The RI Communities With the Highest Post-Employment Benefit Liabilities

4/9/15 – GoLocal Prov: Division of Planning to Address House Committee on RhodeMap RI Plan

4/8/15 – The Providence Journal: Larry Girouard: Where is ‘game changer’ in budget?

4/7/15 – The Warwick Beacon: With settlement, question of constitutionality remains

4/6/15 – GoLocal Prov: Russell Moore: Fear and Loathing – RI Style

4/4/15 – WPRI 12: The Saturday Morning Post: April 4

4/3/15 – RI NPR: TGIF: 19 Things to Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media

3/30/15 – The Providence Journal: Justin Katz: Choice that helps R.I. students

3/27/15 – GoLocal Prov: City Council to Consider Major Overhaul of Providence Tax Breaks

3/26/15 – National Mortgage Professionals Magazine: Opposition Mounts to “Taylor Swift Tax” on R.I. Second Homes

3/23/15 – The Providence Journal: Mike Stenhouse: Raimondo makes home ownership in R.I. a ‘sin’ to be taxed

3/21/15 – The Heartlander Magazine: Rhode Island Considers Insurance Tax to Fund Exchange

3/19/15 – GoLocal Prov: Gencarella: Can We “Make it in RI?”

3/16/15 – 630 WPRO: Mike Stenhouse reviews the Governor’s Budget on the Buddy Cianci radio show

3/16/15 – GoLocal Prov: Russ Moore: 5 Things To Hate About Raimondo’s Budget

3/9/15 – GoLocal Prov: Business, Taxpayer Groups Oppose RI Minimum Wage Increase

3/6/15 – The Providence Journal: Mike Stenhouse: R.I. frowns on Sophia’s choice

3/5/15 – Fox Providence: Educational Choice Update on State of Mind

3/5/15 – GoLocal Prov: NEW: School Choice Legislation to be Introduced for Education Savings Accounts for RI Families

3/4/15 – The Providence Journal: Legislation would create voucher-like scholarships for R.I. public school students

2/27/15 – The Heartland Institute: Where Are the ‘Young Invincibles’?

2/13/15 – WPRI 12: Newsmakers: Education Commissioner Deborah Gist

2/12/15 – Watchdog.org: Housing nonprofit hoards millions of dollars collected in anti-discrimination case, docs show

2/12/15 – GoLocal Prov: Speaker Mattiello Has Sights on Ending HealthSource RI

2/4/15 – GoLocal Prov: Ten Biggest Bills Facing the RI General Assembly in 2015

2/2/15 – The Brown Daily Herald: School choice advocates rally at Statehouse

2/1/15 – The Providence Journal: House Speaker Mattiello cool on school choice

1/30/15 – The Providence Journal: School-choice advocates push for more financial assistance

1/29/15 – NBC 10: School choice supporters rally at State House

1/27/15 – Warwick Beacon: Coalition renews educational choice debate

1/15/15 – GoLocal Prov: Electric Rate Hike Means Millions More in RI Tax Revenues

1/14/15 – State of Mind with Dan Yorke: 1/14: Educational Choice on State of Mind – Part 2

1/13/14 – State of Mind with Dan Yorke: 1/13: Educational Choice on State of Mind

1/13/15 – The Providence Journal: R.I. Center for Freedom and Prosperity calls for expanding school choice

1/12/15 – GoLocal Prov: NEW: Center Says Only 29% of RI Would Choose Government-Run School