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Dawson Hodgson says R.I. Attorney General Peter Kilmartin never objected to the parole of murderer Alfred Brissette

By John Hill

April 30, 2014

The Rhode Island Parole Board "never received an objection from the attorney general" to the parole of convicted murder Alfred Brissette.

Raimondo touts having cleared 900 claims in backlogged victims’ fund

By John Hill

April 27, 2014

"My Treasury team eliminated a 900-case backlog in the Crime Victim Compensation Program."

Ken Block says 9 percent of R.I. workers go on short-term disability every year, for an average of 12 weeks each

By John Hill

April 15, 2014

In Rhode Island, "Nearly 9 percent of covered employees go out on short term disability every year, with an average outage from work of almost…

Allan Fung says he had to pay a $100 hazardous materials fee to the state when he hired a campaign manager

By John Hill

March 23, 2014

After hiring a campaign manager in 2006, "I got this $100 and something fee ... for hazardous materials."

New England NAACP says African-Americans in U.S. are arrested on marijuana charges at more than three times the rate of whites

By John Hill

March 16, 2014

In the U.S., "African-Americans continue to be arrested at nearly three and one half times the rate of whites" on marijuana charges.

Ken Block says that under a bill before the R.I. legislature, “you’d have to go to court to fire an employee.”

By John Hill

March 10, 2014

Under a bill before the legislature, "you’d have to go to court to fire an employee."

Author Bing West says 75% of young adults in U.S. not mentally or physically fit to serve in military

By John Hill

March 2, 2014

Seventy-five percent of the young adults in this country are not mentally or physically fit to serve.

Rep. Leonidas Raptakis: R.I. murderers’ parole wait shortest in Northeast U.S.

By John Hill

February 22, 2014

Rhode Island is "almost dead last" among Northeastern states in the length of time first-degree murderers must spend in prison before they’re eligible for parole.

Of minimum wage workers in Rhode Island “only 14 percent serve as sole income earner for their family”

By John Hill

February 14, 2014

Of minimum wage workers in Rhode Island "only 14 percent serve as sole income earner for their family."

R.I. Gov. Lincoln Chafee says his administration created 11,100 jobs since 2011

By John Hill

February 2, 2014

"Since I took office in January 2011, we have created 11,100 Rhode Island-based jobs."

Steven King, director of R.I.’s Quonset Business Park, says private investment at Quonset is double public investment

By John Hill

January 22, 2014

"We’ve had the private sector more than double the investment that was made by the public sector" at Quonset Business Park.

Former R.I. Rep. Nicholas Gorham says state General Assembly ‘has no explicit constitutional authority’ to levy taxes

By John Hill

January 19, 2014

The General Assembly "has no explicit constitutional authority to impose income, sales, estate and the myriad of other taxes upon us."

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Dawson Hodgson says R.I. Attorney General Peter Kilmartin never objected to the parole of murderer Alfred Brissette

Raimondo touts having cleared 900 claims in backlogged victims’ fund

Ken Block says 9 percent of R.I. workers go on short-term disability every year, for an average of 12 weeks each

Allan Fung says he had to pay a $100 hazardous materials fee to the state when he hired a campaign manager

New England NAACP says African-Americans in U.S. are arrested on marijuana charges at more than three times the rate of whites

Ken Block says that under a bill before the R.I. legislature, “you’d have to go to court to fire an employee.”

Author Bing West says 75% of young adults in U.S. not mentally or physically fit to serve in military

Rep. Leonidas Raptakis: R.I. murderers’ parole wait shortest in Northeast U.S.

Of minimum wage workers in Rhode Island “only 14 percent serve as sole income earner for their family”

R.I. Gov. Lincoln Chafee says his administration created 11,100 jobs since 2011

Steven King, director of R.I.’s Quonset Business Park, says private investment at Quonset is double public investment

Former R.I. Rep. Nicholas Gorham says state General Assembly ‘has no explicit constitutional authority’ to levy taxes