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NEW! Pension Open Government website: RIOpenGov.org

November 9, 2011/in Blog, Featured, Pension Reform/by RI Center for Freedom

NEW! Cranston Police & Fire pension data now posted!
The Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity operates an ‘open government’ transparency website. RIOpenGov.org, is an interactive online database of state public employee pension data for current retirees. The data for about 27,000 pensioners, can be viewed in both table and graph modes, and can be sorted or searched by employee name, retirement year, benefit type, benefit structure (group), state of residence, and disability type.

Task Force Commentary: R.I.’s pension debt worse than admitted (by Jagadeesh Gokhale)

October 24, 2011/in Blog, Pension Reform, Recent Posts/by RI Center for Freedom

As part of the national task force that our Center has assembled, Jagadeesh Gokhale, from the Cato Institute, published the OpEd below that appeared in the Providence Sunday Journal, Oct. […]

RI energy policy questioned in three national articles

October 21, 2011/in Blog, Energy, Recent Posts/by RI Center for Freedom

Two recent articles from nationally recognized sources – the Washington Examiner and Town Hall – referenced the Deepwater project and Rhode Island’s energy landscape and strongly hinted that we are harming our citizens and […]

Student Essay Contest

October 20, 2011/in Events, News/by RI Center for Freedom

WIN an I-PAD!! ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: In honor of Milton Friedman, the RI Center for Freedom and Prosperity invites you to submit an essay portraying your views about how freedom can enhance your lives.

Topic:
HOW IS FREEDOM INDISPENSABLE TO YOUR FUTURE WELL-BEING AND PROSPERITY?

Bank of America Debit Card Tax: a Result of Bad Legislation?

October 3, 2011/in Blog, Liberty Bytes, Recent Posts/by RI Center for Freedom

Debit Card Tax: a Result of Bad Legislation. Should Bank of America take all the blame for this highly unpopular, anti-consumer new fee? The Heritage Foundaton says no.

Gio Cicione on Newsmakers (Ch-12 & Ch-11) this past Sunday

September 22, 2011/in Blog, News, Pension Reform/by RI Center for Freedom

Our senior policy advisor, Gio Cicione, appeared this past Sunday, 9/25, on Channel-12. Tim White and co. reviewed our Center’r recent Policy Brief on the legal authority to adjust state pensions as […]

Legal Authority to Adjust State Pension Plans

September 20, 2011/in Pension Reform, Policy, Recent Posts/by RI Center for Freedom

POLICY BRIEF: The Center for Freedom recommends that the General Assembly take proactive steps to guide future courts! Read our Policy Brief that also discusses of the legal background of the state’s right to adjust pensions and to avoid further municipality bankruptcy proceedings.