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“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.” – Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013)
President Obama, Congressman David Cicilline and other Democrats were propelled to victory last November by a surge in voting by Hispanic and black Rhode Islanders as well as a sharp drop in participation among white citizens, a WPRI.com analysis...
Today’s report from the Census Bureau on the diversifying American electorate in 2012 confirms an historic turnout milestone...
Paul Connolly says he doesn’t much care for watching hockey, basketball, baseball or other spectator sports on TV.
Instead, he likes getting outside where he can hunt, fish and trap. Above all else, Connolly is particularly passionate...
The executive director of Rhode Island’s beleaguered Republican Party has resigned, WPRI.com has learned.
You have to imagine what it was like being Don Carcieri in the harsh winter of 2010. As Rhode Island’s governor, a Republican in an overwhelmingly Democratic state, he had come into office seven years...
Most Americans probably know very little about Rhode Island beyond the fact that it is at the wrong end of an awful lot of national economic and civic rankings.
Deep cuts in catch limits will hit New England's fishing fleet in less than three weeks, and there's little hint any real relief is coming. But regulators and fishermen are still seeking ways to...
If April is the cruelest month, as T.S. Eliot wrote, perhaps it's due to the chilly weather greeting the start of the baseball season. Welcome back to my weekly column. Your thoughts and tips are...
For many months, Rhode Island has been exchanging places with two other states for worst, second worst, and third worst official unemployment rate in the United States. February marked the milestone of Rhode Island’s breaking...
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