The Rotunda (1/11/16)- This episode of The Rotunda featured a return of author Mark Morewitz, who published The Ponzi Princess in order to chronicle his saga from erst while family fan investing for his future, to the verge of bankruptcy and despair.
He gives the audience an epilogue including the Ponzi Princess' dealings from behind bars, where it is alleged that she is still trying to run scams.
With Wednesday night's multi-state PowerBall jackpot nearing the $1.5 billion mark, Americans in 44 states have flocked to their corner stores and gas stations to buy their piece of the dream. With the excitement and anticipation, anxious citizens have also begun to post their lottery hopes and dreams on social media.
That's a bad idea, says the Massachusetts State Lottery... Rep. Carlos Tobon
Globalization has hit Rhode Island hard. Those manufacturing jobs that allowed my immigrant parents and generations of other Rhode Islanders the opportunity to raise their families in modest comfort are long gone. It’s not just manufacturing, either. Our state is touted as the calamari capital of the world. Yet, walk into any local supermarket today and you will find packages of frozen calamari from China competing with offerings from Galilee, often at a lower price. Now, we can sit around and lament the impact that globalization has had on our local economy or we can personally change this troubling societal trend by taking a very simple action Fifty-five percent of AAA members in Rhode Island support the Raimondo administration’s RhodeWorks plan, and more than 80 percent believe the state is not spending enough money on repair and maintenance of roads and bridges, according to a survey from AAA Northeast.
RI Center Urges US Supreme Court to Protect First Amendment in Landmark Right-to-Work Case1/11/2016 Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, which will determine whether unions can compel public employees to fund speech through collective bargaining with which they might disagree. The case could result in a landmark decision impacting the First
Amendment rights of millions of public sector workers nationwide. The RI Center For Freedom & Prosperity, which today re-published a backgrounder by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy on the case that features California teacher Rebecca Friedrichs, is urging the Supreme Court to rule in favor of the plaintiffs. |
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