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Urbanist Richard Florida talks often about hub cities. These are cities that define a region – Atlanta in the Southeast, Boston in New England, New York City and DC in the middle. Young educated people roll down into these cities like marbles on th...

There’s No Shame in Being a Spoke off the Hub

Urbanist Richard Florida talks often about hub cities. These are cities that define a region – Atlanta in the Southeast, Boston in New England, New York City and DC in the middle. Young educated people roll down into these cities like marbles on th...

The Rhode Island House approved a bill last week that would permit same-sex marriage in the state. RI, which currently allows civil unions, is the only state in New England not to permit gay marriage. The bill faces an uncertain fate in the RI Senate...

Who Do We Want Deciding Gay Marriage?

The Rhode Island House approved a bill last week that would permit same-sex marriage in the state. RI, which currently allows civil unions, is the only state in New England not to permit gay marriage. The bill faces an uncertain fate in the RI Senate...

Rhode Island Supreme Court Building (by chensiyuan) Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman wrote an interesting article last week in Bloomberg about the Rhode Island Pension crisis. His main points are: 1) government has the right to modify contr...

The Role of the Courts in RI Pension Reform

Rhode Island Supreme Court Building (by chensiyuan) Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman wrote an interesting article last week in Bloomberg about the Rhode Island Pension crisis. His main points are: 1) government has the right to modify contr...

The Dorr Rebellion. Image obtained from Wikimedia Commons. Just this month, several members of the Cranston Board of Canvassers resigned from their positions rather than approve the provision of an absentee ballot to convicted murderer Michael Woodma...

Voting Rights and Representation in the Ocean State

The Dorr Rebellion. Image obtained from Wikimedia Commons. Just this month, several members of the Cranston Board of Canvassers resigned from their positions rather than approve the provision of an absentee ballot to convicted murderer Michael Woodma...

Last week, the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council (RIPEC) published a report that recommended changes to Rhode Island government intended to foster business growth. Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee commissioned the report in response to ...

It’s Rhode Island’s Economy, Stupid

Last week, the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council (RIPEC) published a report that recommended changes to Rhode Island government intended to foster business growth. Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee commissioned the report in response to ...

Born in 1930, John Jay Hooker (D) is a successful businessman, a frequent litigant and one-time political candidate. In the late 1990s and again this year, Hooker has filed a case with the Tennessee Supreme Court contending that the current process o...

Who Shaves the Barber?

Born in 1930, John Jay Hooker (D) is a successful businessman, a frequent litigant and one-time political candidate. In the late 1990s and again this year, Hooker has filed a case with the Tennessee Supreme Court contending that the current process o...

The first thing you notice is the smell. As one of the few places that allows indoor smoking, Twin River Casino is infused with the odor of cigarettes. The casino, located in Lincoln, Rhode Island, was formerly a greyhound racetrack known as Lincoln ...

Gambling on Rhode Island’s Future

The first thing you notice is the smell. As one of the few places that allows indoor smoking, Twin River Casino is infused with the odor of cigarettes. The casino, located in Lincoln, Rhode Island, was formerly a greyhound racetrack known as Lincoln ...