If unions are promising to give up strikes and "work to rule" for binding arbitration, they must really anticipate a huge advantage.
Marc Comtois spoke with Matt Allen about binding arbitration and Michelle Bachmann.
The advisory committee talking about RI pensions is starting from the wrong notion.
Implementing standards for state employment would surely be a huge political battle; for now, we should make suspicious cases infamous.
Rumors say that passing binding arbitration is part of a General Assembly budget deal. If so, the state is doomed.
When it comes to school funding and the Dept. of Education's standing as a judiciary, the law is whatever you can get away with.
Providence police officers facing layoffs speak of their "dream jobs," and in so doing, they highlight some of the distortions created by public-sector unions.
Fed chief Ben Bernanke is puzzled by the sluggish economy; maybe it's a philosophical problem.
Republican Congressional candidate Brendan Doherty seems to have some distinctly Democrat instincts.
Monique Chartier called in to the Matt Allen Show for Anchor Rising on Wednesday and talked mainly about Esserman and arbitration.
The tricks aren't unique to RI, but the government budgeting strategy never fails to amaze.
Bad governance in Rhode Island has made it unlikely that young families can stay in close proximity and still prosper.
The media's proclaiming legislative cuts to public spending, but what exactly they're cutting is another question.
Charter schools are a highlighter of, not distraction from, the problems of public education.
I've posted video from the third and final day of the Portsmouth Institute's conference on "The Catholic Shakespeare."
It's stunning that some proposed reforms to RI's pension system weren't standard policy from the very beginning.
Somehow, I don't think efforts to entice kids to keep up with their educations will direct them to the high-paying jobs that companies are finding difficult to fill.
The government of Rhode Island looks likely to continue the state's slow budgetary doom rather than upset any powerful constituencies.
Candidates who choose not to pursue a high-paying government job have been citing the low-quality school system as a reason.
I've posted video and some notes from the Saturday sessions of the Portsmouth Institute's conference on Shakespeare.
Conversation about factionalism in the RIGOP has diverged in interesting ways.
My call in to Matt Allen, last night, touched on taxes, speeding tickets, and various other topics.
It looks like the RI congressional district 1 race might bring back Republican factionalism.
I've uploaded video from the first day of this year's Portsmouth Institute conference, on "The Catholic Shakespeare?"
Politicians tend to celebrate events at which they give away money, but the public should start reconsidering the value of the exchange.
I've checked in from the annual Portsmouth Institute conference, this time on The Catholic Shakespeare.
Whatever else one might say of it, the idea that seniority empowers teachers to advocate for students seems a non sequitur.
The RI Senate is on the right track with regard to changing the funding mechanism for transportation, but ending debt doesn't require raising taxes and fees.
A handful of additional elected representatives have responded to my inquiry about labor nepotism in the State House.
RI labor leaders are now blaming elected officials for irresponsibly giving in to union demands over the years.
The history of Providence pensions is illustrative of the problem with public-sector unionization.
Why is the RI Public Expenditures Council giving a hedged nod to destructive tax increases?
Not if your employer pulls it out from under you as a result of new regulations.
Rhode Island may have perfected the art of using redistricting to entrench entrenched powers.
Response from and to Rep. Chippendale with regard civil unions and political philosophy.
With the combined influence of the General Assembly and Governor Chafee, Rhode Islanders should be very afraid.
When RI Gov. Chafee's administration winds up with extra money, it's telling to whom he would give and from whom he would take.
Andrew Morse and Matt Allen discussed accountability in politics and education, last night.
Support civil unions or not, but Christian theology doesn't require politicians to vote one way or the other.
State Senator Tassoni's attempt to change Central Falls' school governance illustrates the folly of consolidation.
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