Posts Tagged ‘RI Center for Freedom and Prosperity’
Outdoors in RI: Water watchers, Easter at The Preserve, Title IX, family fish, bow hunt, 2A time
Photo, top: URI Watershed Watch (URI Photo/Bill McCusker) Water Watchers! URI Watershed Watch, which has collected water quality data on lakes, ponds, reservoirs, rivers, streams and the marine environment throughout southern New England, for more than 35 years, is seeking volunteers. A program of URI Cooperative Extension, Watershed Watch volunteers help to assess the impacts…
Read MoreComplaint filed with Office of Civil Rights to investigate Title IX violations in Rhode Island
The Law Centre at the RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity filed an official complaint with the Office for Civil Rights at the United States Department of Education last evening, calling for an investigation into alleged Title IX violations by nine named state actors. Referring to President Trump’s recent Executive Order, “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government” and…
Read MoreCommentary: RI Insurance Superintendent must say “no” to crony corporatism – Mike Stenhouse
By Mike Stenhouse – commentary submitted to RINewsToday Will Rhode Island’s insurance Superintendent prevent retirees from being the next victim of government’s assault on families? The Covid lockdowns, rampant spending, oppressive regulations, and misguided green energy mandates have eliminated jobs, destroyed our education system, and led to hyper local inflation. Let’s hope the retirement security…
Read MoreDr. Stephen Skoly appeals to federal court to resume oral surgery practice
Dr. Stephen Skoly and his legal team today filed a lawsuit in federal court against defendants Governor Daniel McKee and James McDonald, MD, interim Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH), seeking a temporary restraining order enjoining the State from barring Dr. Skoly from providing critical care for his patients. Dr. Skoly is Chairman…
Read MoreRIDOH Whistleblower: RI Failed Congregate Care Homes. Health Director and Governor Named in Complaint
Release from RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity: See the interview here We may now know why Ocean State seniors in state-supervised nursing homes have suffered such severe and deadly consequences from the Covid-19 pandemic. Claiming she was retaliated against and demoted for raising alarms about negligent oversight of nursing homes, a RI Department of…
Read MoreRepeal the RI Opioid Tax; protect access for patients in pain, says RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity
by Michael Stenhouse, RI Center for Freedom and Prosperity As was predicted by the Center’s Chairman last year, the 2019 Opioid Stewardship Act, enacted legislation that placed a tax on the legal use of painkillers, has resulted in unintended consequences that have disrupted supply chains and placed additional financial burdens on patients. Today, the RI…
Read More“The TCI Gas Tax is Bad for Businesses and Families” – Mike Stenhouse
By Mike Stenhouse, CEO, Rhode Island Center for Freedom & Prosperity Since our Center has brought this issue to light, every small business owner and executive in Rhode Island I have spoken with expressed their opposition to the interstate compact known as the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI), a carbon tax “cap and trade” proposal…
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