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Op-Ed: Ranked choice voting preserves democracy
When Rhode Island voters went to the polls earlier this week to participate in the presidential primary, they saw ballots with multiple options but only one choice. Of the seven candidates who...
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Op-Ed: Standing up for transparency
In recent months, Rhode Islanders have seen how critical it is to have ready and reliable access to public information. We’ve also been reminded of how frustrating and challenging it can be to get...
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Gerry Goldstein: Politics to smile about, until it isn’t
Now that the political season is moving along in earnest, it’s time to examine the Monster Raving Loony Party. And I don’t mean the party of MAGA loons who obsess over Jewish space lasers and idolize...
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Just My Opinion: Perhaps inflation is really linked to corporate greed
GDP, CPI, WPI, corporate profits, tax avoidance, consumer confidence … goes on and on, as we all try to understand the state of an economy that some politicians say is soaring and others say is in the...
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Ride Island releases briefing book before East Main Road public hearing
In response to questions posed by Middletown Town Councilors and members of the public, a Briefing Book titled "East Main Road Road Diet" has been released in advance of a Public Hearing called by the...
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Dr. Michael Fine: What’s Crazy About Unionizing Healthcare Workers
Breaking news tells us that pharmacy professionals at two CVS corporate retail stores in Rhode Island, in Wakefield, and Westerly want to join The Pharmacy Guild, a trade union that represents...
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RIPEC analyzes Governor’s FY 2025 Budget Proposal as revenues tighten and...
The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council (RIPEC) released a report today analyzing Governor Daniel J. McKee’s proposed fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget, revisions to the FY 2024 budget, and the state’s...
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Letter To The Editor: What is a dress code
Nowhere in the proposed dress code policy does the word “pajamas” appear. Rogers High School’s Student Integrity Board and academic advisor have spent the past school year studying and modifying...
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Dr. Michael Fine: What’s crazy about electronic medical records
You know the drill: the doctor, nurse practitioner, or PA walks into the exam room, sits down at the computer and looks at the computer screen, not at you. And then reads a bunch of questions for...
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Theatre Review: ‘Doubt: A Parable’ is a powerful tale
John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt: A Parable” opens with a sermon about doubt. Father Flynn (Benjamin Grills) asks, “What do you do if you’re not sure?” The homily sets the tone for the show, and quickly...
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Op-Ed: Urgent action needed to support Rhode Island’s youth with mental...
“We are not meeting our shared obligation to some of Rhode Island’s most vulnerable children,” we wrote in 2021, in an opinion piece intended to highlight the urgent need to improve our treatment...
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Just My Opinion: In ‘a doozy of a news year,’ we strive to find fact over...
As some have suggested, this should be “a doozy of a news year.” And our ability to determine fact from fiction will be tested. We’ll be inundated with press releases, statements and advertisements...
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Dr. Michael Fine: Why this Jewish Zionist supports and thanks the protesters...
I’m a Jewish fella. I go to synagogue. I read the parsha (Torah portion) of the week, every week. I keep something approaching Kosher and keep something approaching Shabbos (which means I don’t...
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Book Review: ‘Cujo’ character returns as one of 12 stories in Stephen King’s...
By ROB MERRILL Associated Press In Stephen King’s world, “It” is a loaded word. It’s hard not to picture Pennywise the Clown haunting the sewers of Derry, Maine, of course, but in the horror writer’s...
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Letter – Barbara A. VonVillas: Focus on community service
During all my years of community service in Middletown (MHS, SC, TC), my personal goal has always been to help make the community better, never in self-interest. But this will be my last term on the...
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Gerry Goldstein: A protest derailed, in different times
The recent demonstrations on college campuses produced varying opinions on how administrators can respect freedom of speech while keeping protesters from trampling the rights of others. The issue was...
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Op-Ed by Rep. Lauren Carson: Rhode Island needs plan for coming silver tsunami
This week, next year’s state budget is being hammered out by the House Finance Committee with the expectation of a vote very soon. I have been working hard this year to see that it contains funding to...
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Dr. Michael Fine: What’s crazy about letting business people and lawyers...
What I am about to tell you is a true story. One that is happening now in a Rhode Island hospital. An 81-year-old man who still worked ten hours a day and was as strong as a bull was hit by a car as...
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Op-Ed: There are no Winners or Losers in Town Budgeting
The 2025 Town of Middletown Budget Proposal was developed by the administration after months of consultation with each of the Town’s departments during which proposals were discussed and evaluated for...
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Dr. Michael Fine: What’s not that crazy about making sure pharmacists are...
On these pages, an Op-Ed (Let Rhode Island Pharmacists Close the Primary Care Gap) by a number of trusted colleagues argued that allowing pharmacists to bill insurance directly for clinical services...
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