Congrats to Barrington, which has reinvigorated the debate about paper vs. plastic bags at the grocery store. My solution: instead of banning plastic bags, stores should charge for them and include in that cost the price they exact on the environment.
Congrats also to South Kingstown state Rep. Teresa Tanzi, who GoLocal names as its power player of the week today … Tanzi is a promising progressive legislator who just finished her freshman term at the State House.
Turns out the “comfortable standard” of income in the United States is around $75,000, according to an article in the New York Times. I likened this to the “income Mendoza Line” and a few right wing pundits quickly jumped down my throat … I’m guessing they don’t understand what the Mendoza Line refers to…
Texas, not surprisingly, has taken the concept of the voter ID law from simply disenfranchising to completely ridiculous – gun licenses are an acceptable form of identification while student ID’s and social security cards are not…
Welcome to Rhode Island, Kristen Gourlay … she’s RIPR’s new health care reporter.
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