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The Rhode Island Center for Law and Public Policy
http://www.riclapp.org/news
The Rhode Island Center for Law and Public Policy is a legal services non-profit that helps low income Rhode Islanders, small businesses and local non-profits with their legal needs. Our blog is designed to address the issues we feel are pertinent to Rhode Islanders.
- Added on: Oct 26th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: RICLAPP
- Listed in: Law Law & Legal
Recent Posts
Health Care and the Public Option
This blog post was researched and written by Crissa Morton, Senior at Providence College. Over the past few months, the New York Times has published several editorials that deal with the hot topic of health care and the reform debate. The most recent...
Changing Attitudes as Food Stamp Use Rises
This blog post was researched and written by Crissa Morton, Senior at Providence College. Food stamps now held feed one in eight Americans and one in four children. A program once viewed as a failure is now being used in records numbers, with more pe...
Working Mothers are becoming Less Likely to Win Custody of Children
This blog post was researched and written by Crissa Morton, Senior at Providence College. Prior to 1994, the standing practice amongst the courts regarding custody disputes was that the children, especially young children, are better off with their m...
State Unemployment Tax to Increase for RI Businesses
This blog post was researched and presented by Crissa Morton, Senior at Providence College. Starting January 1, 2010, businesses in Rhode Island will face an average increase of 5.6% in the state unemployment tax. This increase will benefit the fund ...
Terry Murphy, Director of the Cranston Senior Center, Leaving for South Kingstown
Terry Murphy, long time director of the Cranston Senior Center, has taken the position of director of Leisure Services in South Kingstown. This will combine senior services, as well as elements of parks and recreation. As a partner of the Cranston Se...
Series of Health Care - Part 5
This is the final installment of Geoff’s series on Health Care that appeared in the Cranston Herald. This article reviews and evaluates the Health Care bill that was voted on in the House of Representatives. At the time when Geoff wrote this ar...
