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Wondrous Animal Kingdom Locked In Human Crosshairs

Tinfoil-Hat Rants, not Reason, Drive Rhode Island Planning

DEM Passes On Its Obligation to Fully Vet Environmental Impact of Power Plant

Taxing Renewable Energy for No Good Reason

Take a bow. The con was executed brilliantly. With so many moving parts and people involved, the production couldn’t have been easy to choreograph.

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Rhode Island Needs to Rethink Its Stance Regarding Natural Gas Expansion

‘Progressive’ Rhode Island Politicians Have Gone the Way of the Dodo

The Last Straw for Wasteful Convenience Products

PROVIDENCE — The solution to this complex societal issue doesn’t lie with increasing police presence, outlawing panhandling and keeping the less fortunate out of Kennedy Plaza. In fact, laws and policies designed to criminalize and demean poverty and homelessness only perpetuate the real problem: a growing chasm between the rich and poor that is slowly ripping society apart.

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Rhode Island’s Top Elected Officials Drool Buckets Over 2,400 Parking Spots

Washington Warmongers Helped Rhode Island Corporation Get Rich

Keystone Cops Bump Heads in Lax Effort to Stop Illegal R.I. Business from Polluting

Rhode Island seems determined to resurrect 20th-century dinosaurs. But crafty politicians and sly investors have changed the behemoths’ names to soothe public fears. Strip malls are now dynamic regional hubs of activity. A rest area is a travel plaza and welcome center. Natural-gas infrastructure is a bridge fuel. An office park is now called a corporate campus.

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Answers to Climate Skeptics’ Questions Aren’t Difficult to Provide

We Can’t Continue to Power Our Economy with Dead Dinosaurs

Costs Associated with Bought-and-Paid-For Government are Soaring

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The Art of the Deal: Power Plant Water Agreement Nothing But a Rhode Island Con

Privatization of Kennedy Plaza, Scaring Away Panhandlers Won’t End Homelessness

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Resource-Devouring Dinosaurs Trample Rhode Island’s Remaining Forests

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