Posts Tagged ‘politics’
Lawson elected President of the Rhode Island Senate – Ciccone elected Majority Leader
And – Democratic Caucus chooses Frank A. Ciccone III as new Majority Leader The Rhode Island Senate on Tuesday elected Valarie J. Lawson (D-Dist. 14, East Providence) as Senate President (24-8-4), succeeding the late Dominick J. Ruggerio. Additionally, the Senate’s Democratic Caucus elected Frank A. Ciccone III (D-Dist. 7, Providence, Johnston) as its Majority Leader,…
Read MoreMeeting the challenges of an aging farm workforce, in a bipartisan way – Herb Weiss
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues About 16 months ago, the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Ranking Member Mike Braun (R-IN) released a report titled Feeding the Future, sounding the alarm about the growing challenges older farmers face and urging Congress and the Biden administration to secure the future of American agriculture.…
Read MoreCato Poll: Americans want spending cuts and tax cuts, saying 59 cents of every dollar is wasted
By Adam N. Michel As Congress debates how to extend the expiring 2017 Trump tax cuts, a new poll from the Cato Institute suggests the American people support an approach that pairs tax relief with significant spending cuts. The House and Senate have passed a budget framework to make the 2017 tax cuts permanent, increase…
Read MoreOut of the abyss – Michael Morse
by Michael Morse, contributing writer Doing nothing as our country drowns in debt, our people stagnate in a service economy that creates wealth for investors rather than workers, filling our homes with foreign-manufactured throw away items, eating food processed in factories and watching what little we have saved be devoured by energy costs as our…
Read MoreChanges coming to HHS elicit strong response from aging network – Herb Weiss
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer, aging issues The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), under management of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., last week announced a major restructuring and renaming of the federal agency under the initiative “Make America Healthy Again.” This dramatic reorganization follows Trump’s Executive Order, Implementing the President’s ‘Department of…
Read MoreOutdoors in RI: Op-ed calling for accuracy in gun crime data. $2M for 13 projects to protect habitats
A month of gun legislation coming up in Rhode Island Did you know? Guns and wildlife restoration The 1937 Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act took the revenues from an existing federal excise tax on gun manufacturers and reallocated them to state wildlife agencies. The law, also known as the Pittman-Robertson Act in recognition of…
Read MoreThe coming Rhode Island budget crisis – Nick Landekic
The Coming Rhode Island Budget Crisis By Nick Landekic, contributing writer Governor McKee recently announced the proposed FY 2026 Rhode Island state budget totaling $14.2 billion. While it may appear to be a modest 2.2% increase over last year this also includes an assumed massive $5.1 billion of support from the federal government – which…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: Grieving the loss of empathy – Mari Nardolillo Dias
Grieving the Loss of Empathy by Mari Nardolillo, Dias, EdD, contributing writer “This girl is on fire, this girl is on fire…. She’s walking on fire, this girl is on fire…” (Alicia Keys) Yes. Like Key’s quote above, I am on fire. I have been teaching empathy to budding therapists at both the undergraduate and…
Read MoreIt is what it is – Feb. 26, 2025 – Jen Brien
by Jennifer Brien, contributing writer, commentary “MSNBC-YA” JOY Look, I’ve been saying for a SUPER long time I never got Joy Reid. She is an angry, ANGRY human, mostly about fake news or fake things and spewed her anger disproportionately every chance she got. When I read that she got canned, I actually felt sorry…
Read MoreIt’s now time for Congress to give tax credits to America’s caregivers – Herb Weiss
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues Just a few days after the 119th Congress was sworn in on Friday, January 3rd, AARP, along with 94 organizations, sent a letter to Congress urging lawmakers to enact legislation to provide financial relief for America’s caregivers. This could be accomplished by including the bipartisan bicameral Credit for…
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