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Should the state spend more than $2 million annually to finance startup businesses, as it does now with the Slater Technology Fund?
The state’s appropriation for the Slater Technology Fund has been trimmed once again in Gov. Donald L. Carcieri’s fiscal year 2011 budget proposal. Is cutting the venture fund’s resources the best way to go about balancing the state budget? more
What should the legislature do with Gov. Chafee’s budget plan?
Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee’s first budget has garnered a lot of attention, largely because in addition to anticipated budget trimming, it includes a large tax increase. What should the General Assembly do with the plan? more
Should Brown build dormitories in the Jewelry District?
Brown University has proposed adding 300 to 400 new beds to its supply of dormitories, with the stated purpose being to bring more upperclassmen back on campus (as it is, 80 percent of seniors live off-campus). more
Should Congress extend the $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers past Dec. 1?
Without an extension, the tax credit for first-time homebuyers in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will expire Dec. 1. Do you think it should be renewed? more
The R.I. Public Utilities Commission ruled in favor of the Deepwater Wind-National Grid power-purchase agreement last week. Where do you stand?
8/16/10
Do the risks of nuclear power outweigh the benefits?
As if the threat posed by the earthquake and resulting tsunami were not enough, the people of Japan have had to deal with an increasingly dangerous situation involving a nuclear reactor. Is it worth the risk? more
Will restoring the R.I. Ethics Commission’s power change how business is done on Smith Hill?
If the R.I. Ethics Commission is restored to a role that many believe was the voter’s intent, will the public view the legislature in a different light? more
Thirty Rhode Islanders with incomes of $10 million or more will pay less income tax than previously thought; is this fair?
Recalculations of the amount of income tax the 30 highest-income Rhode Islanders show that instead of paying more in taxes, they will pay less in 2011. What do you think of that? more
Should the City of Providence build a streetcar or light rail system?
A number of cities across the country have used above-ground light rail to revitalize their cores. Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline is an advocate of bringing light rail to the streets of the … more

By PBN Staff | 2/9/09 | 1 comment
What would you like to see at the Shooters waterfront site in Providence’s Fox Point?
As the Interstate 195 relocation project winds down, some of the area between the highway and Narragansett Bay in the Fox Point neighborhood will stop being a construction staging area. As a result, there has been much public discussion about what to do with the land, specifically the parcel that the state took over that included the former Shooters nightclub. more

By PBN Staff | 2/12/09 | 6 comments
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