Mike Stenhouse founded the RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity in 2011 and currently serves as CEO. Stenhouse earned a Bachelors degree in Economics from Harvard University, where he was also a two-time All-America baseball selection. A Cranston native who attended Cranston East, Stenhouse also enjoyed an 8-year professional baseball career, playing in the major leagues with the Montreal Expos, Minnesota Twins, and Boston Red Sox. Mike and his wife, Wendy, live in Cranston and have 3 sons.
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August, 2014 – We consistently hear Rhode Island lawmakers claim that citizens or the wealthy can “afford” some minor, new tax to pay for some new government project. That may […]
Know as the “father of school choice”, Milton Friedman was feted on July 31 in Providence on what would have been his 102nd birthday! Because every child deserves a BRIGHT […]
By Mike Stenhouse, CEO The 2015 state budget is now public. Corporate tax and estate tax cuts are in. Help for the middle class is out. In fact, the average […]
RI’s 2015 includes corporate and estate tax reforms for big biz and the wealthy, but provides no relief for average family or worker. Read this unique commentary that takes a […]
June 6, 2013 Sales Tax Cut Would Have Larger & More Immediate Impact Pointing to new broad-based taxes and fees that will especially harm the middle-class, that will also help […]
Ignoring the advice of her own specially convened study group, Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts and HealthSourceRI officials continue to tout a cost containment goal that the group advised is not […]
Opinion by Mike Stenhouse as appeared in the Providence Journal (May 9, 2014) Mike Stenhouse: Left won’t defend failed R.I. policies ‘The price of freedom is eternal vigilance,” is a […]
Major sales tax reform for RI has evolved from just a good idea into a complete solution. Lawmakers can now consider: the need for reform, the right policy reform idea, […]
NOTE FROM THE CEO Our Center created its annual Freedom Index and legislator scorecard in Rhode Island as a means of informing citizens which legislators have voted to protect our […]
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