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State funding is drying up for kids who need intensive therapies. Without it, parents worry, what will help their kids bridge the divide to normal life?

by Ellen Lieberman

The Real Creative Capital

Rhode Island needs to get behind its artists so that they (and the rest of us) can not only survive, but emerge from the downturn ready to realize our potential.

by Ellen Liberman

The Roads Crisis

Here and across the country, we don’t have enough money to support our highway, byway and bridge habit. Raising the money will mean taking a path so far untravelled.

by Ellen Liberman

(It’s a) Farmers’ Market

Local agriculture is thriving, bringing good food to our tables and keeping household spending in the hard-driven local economy. Here’s how farmers and consumers are both getting some green.

by Ellen Liberman

RI, the One-Party State

With a scant ten Republicans at the State House, checks and balances are long gone; will accountability follow?

by Ellen Liberman

The Tax Mire

Years of silly policies have helped create a record fiscal crisis. But if state budgets reveal what matters to us, it’s time to carefully consider our priorities.

by Ellen Liberman

Guilty, Even While Innocent

In Rhode Island, those charged with committing a crime while on probation go straight back to the ACI, and stay there—even if acquitted of the later charges.

Chief Executive Governor

Why CEOs make good political leaders—and why they don’t.

by Ellen Liberman

A Mighty Wind

Special interests want to do them in, but wind farms could save us big money. Let’s ponder that as gas approaches $4.50 a gallon.

by Ellen Liberman

What’s in a Name?

The “State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations” was founded on the principles of freedom. Now that name suggests slavery and it’s time to change it.

by Ellen Liberman