Center Calls on Labor Relations Board to Revise Child Care Unionization...
View the official petition to SLRB here … The Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity is calling on the State Labor Relations Board to revise the proposed language on the ballot in the upcoming...
View ArticleCenter to Conduct “Child Care Union 101′ Seminars
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 18, 2013 Providence, RI — The Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity announced today that it will conduct a series of “Child Care Union 101″ seminars this...
View ArticleMedia Release: Center Calls for Postponement of Child Care Unionization Election
October 1, 2013 Providence, RI — Based on today’s U.S. Supreme Court announcement to hear a related Illinois case, the Rhode Island Center for Freedom & Prosperity is now calling on the State Labor...
View ArticleCenter Recommends Transfer of HealthSourceRI to Federal Government
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE; January 16, 2014 Providence, RI - Following the Governor’s Wednesday night address and after initial review of his 2015 budget, where it is obvious...
View ArticleThe “full” story about our Center
The recent front-page Providence Journal story about our Center did not tell the whole story. You deserve to know. Click on … See the full story here
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Statement on 3% Sales Tax Hearings
May 8, 2014 — OFFICIAL STATEMENT re. the May 7 House Finance Committee hearing on H8039 to lower the state sales tax to 3%. The Center’s testimony regarding a proposed sales tax cut to 3%, yesterday,...
View ArticleHouse Budget Adopts 25% of Spotlight on $pending Recommendations
But Leaves $168 Million of RI Taxpayer Dollars on the Table The budget unveiled in the Rhode Island House Finance Committee, last week, showed a $13.3 million decrease in state spending, compared...
View ArticleState of the State
Center’s CEO discusses the recently passed FY-2015 budget, BIG QUESTIONS for gubernatorial candidates, and the state of the state on “State of the State” cable TV. Cable TV Interview
View ArticleSix BIG Questions No One is Asking in the 2014 Campaign
What do the candidates for governor say? Or other statewide and General Assembly candidates? Why are they and the media avoiding the BIG questions? 6 BIG Questions
View ArticleCenter Holds “ABCs of School Choice” Event in Honor of Milton Friedman
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 TODAY educational...
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Delegation from Warren Ranks Last in Freedom Index
Go to Freedom Index Home page Warren Last, East Greenwich First In 2013-14 Freedom Index Rankings Based on the Freedom Index scores of the General Assembly delegations from each of the 39 cities and...
View ArticleRhodeMap RI Statements from Mayor Allan Fung and state Senator, Marc Cote
November 19, 2014: Cranston Mayor Allan Fung submits letter to RI Division of Planning recommending RhodeMap RI plan not be adopted (See the Mayor’s official letter here) Excerpts: “I share some of the...
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Center Launches New Interactive Tool to Compare RI to Other States on...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 21, 2015 New Interactive Tool Compares RI to Other States on National Test Scores Allows comparison of student performance among various demographic groups! Center also...
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“School Choice Rabbi” to Speak at State House Event
MEDIA ADVISORY January 28, 2015 Legislative Reception to Feature Speech by Nationally Renowned Educational Choice Rabbi State House to be Illuminated in Yellow Center to Man Exhibit Table and Release...
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Center to Participate in Legislative Press Conference on School Choice...
MEDIA ADVISORY March 2, 2015 Center to Participate in Wednesday’s Legislative Press Conference on School Choice Legislation To Release Policy Brief Describing the Bright Today Scholarship Bill...
View ArticleCenter Issues Statement on Governor’s Proposed Healthcare Tax
Summary: Explanations by the Raimondo administration about the Governor’s proposed surcharge on health insurance premiums appear to be misleading. The truth about the new tax expose four major...
View ArticleSTATEMENT: Two Reasons Why Trucker Toll Plan is Misguided
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 2, 2015 Trucking Toll Proposal Demonstrates Lack of Discipline; Disguises Spending on non-Essential Projects Spending Priorities Must be Set; Strip Out RhodeMap RI type Mass...
View Article2015 Legislator Scorecard Update; Only 12 Legislators with Positive Scores
Freedom Index “Live” Update Only 12 lawmakers earn positive scores; Overall GA Index at (-56) Providence, RI — As 2015 bills receive floor votes, an updated interactive scorecard of legislator voting...
View ArticleStatement: SCOTUS Decision, Massive Rate Hike Should Doom HealthSource RI
STATEMENT June 26, 2015 FY2016 Should be Last Year of Continued Taxpayer and Ratepayer Subsidies for Failed Boondoggle Exchange Can be More Efficiently Operated by the Federal Government Providence, RI...
View ArticleBREAKING: New Federal HUD Rule Validates Center’s RhodeMapRI Claims
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 10, 2015 As Forewarned, HUD Finalizes Rule in Effort to Desegregate Local Neighborhoods via Plans like RhodeMap RI State Planning Officials Denied True Agenda and Federal...
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