Frank Prosnitz

Sitting around the day before this BIG election. Tired of watching the political broadcasts. Dizzy from looking at polls that don’t mean a heck of a lot. Liar this, crook, unfit, inappropriate, FBI who … my head is spinning. And that doesn’t include statewide or local candidates and issues. So, I decided to develop my […]

With projections of a need for 35,000 additional affordable housing units over the next decade, voters are being asked to approve a $50 million bond issue next week that will fund building 800 housing units, while rehabilitating numerous others. Voters, since 2006, have approved bonds that have resulted in building nearly 2,000 housing units, still […]

Characterizing Rhode Island’s natural resources as among its greatest strengths, proponents of the Green Economy Bonds see passage of the $35 million referendum as an investment in Rhode Island’s future. The multi-faceted bonds provide funds for improvements in historic state parks, state bikeway development, storm water pollution prevention, land acquisition, and matching grant programs for […]

Touting that a $45.5 million higher education bond will attract high-paying, high-tech jobs, state and education officials called approval of this referendum “critical” in the growth of the state’s economy. Specifically, the bond provides funding to continue an overhaul of URI’s engineering school facilities, and the development of a URI affiliated Innovation Campus. “Approval of […]

A $27 million bond issue that provides funds for the completion of a new Veterans Home, is on next week’s ballot, one of seven statewide bond issues. The new home replaces the current Veterans Home in Bristol that was originally built more than 60 years ago, with several additions built over the next several years. […]

A $70 million bond issue that would fund improvements at the Port of Davisville at Quonset and Providence Port, is expected to add cargo traffic and jobs at both ports, according to a coalition that is supporting the bond. “This bond issue is about the future success of our ports, adding jobs and bringing more […]

If voters statewide and in Tiverton approve what amounts to a relocation of Newport Grand to Tiverton, it could open up significant development in that part of Newport and recapture acres of land that now sits useless at the base of the Newport Bridge. The City and Twin River Worldwide Holdings are committed to working […]

When voters go to the polls in less than two months they will not only be voting to fill offices, from local school committee to the president, but will consider numerous bond issues, potentially adding millions of dollars to the state and local debt, and potentially significantly changing how government operates in some communities. Traditionally, […]

Rhode Island’s Economy is Projected to Shrink in the Second Quarter of 2016 at an Annualized Rate of 1.2 percent This story originally appeared on www.whatsuprhodeisland.com. Rhode Island’s economy is shrinking, according to the latest economic briefing from the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council and Center for Global and Regional Economic Studies at Bryant University, […]