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STEVEN STYCOS
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An unlikely clash: wind developers and environmentalists
Wind Dept.
The growing push for wind power in Rhode Island is creating friction between wind developers and an unlikely group of critics: environmentalists.
By:
STEVEN STYCOS
| January 13, 2010
An Obama confidant on the surge in Afghanistan
War Dept.
Twenty-four hours before President Barack Obama announced a 30,000-troop escalation of the Afghan War, one of his key foreign policy advisors provided a view of the president’s thinking at Brown University.
By:
STEVEN STYCOS
| December 02, 2009
Debating the Middle East muddle
Global Politics
US military aid to Pakistan and Afghanistan is being wasted and should be redirected to the police and moderate non-violent groups working for education and the rule of law, according to two Middle East experts who spoke Sunday at the Community Church of Providence.
By:
STEVEN STYCOS
| June 17, 2009
Battle over open space in North Providence
Real estate
Will the last large piece of open space in North Providence turn into the site of 47 single family homes? That decision currently rests with the Rhode Island General Assembly and the Rhode Island Supreme Court. The outcome could jeopardize open space preservation statewide.
By:
STEVEN STYCOS
| May 27, 2009
You Snus you lose
Rhymes with noose
Unbowed by last month's $1 a pack increase in the cigarette tax, the tobacco industry is pushing new unhealthy products to gain more Rhode Island customers.
By:
STEVEN STYCOS
| May 13, 2009
Fighting the good fight
DARE faces major changes and challenges
As Rhode Island's poor and working-class citizens face a shrinking job market, social program cuts, and an avalanche of home foreclosures, a leading low-income advocacy group faces major changes.
By:
STEVEN STYCOS
| April 01, 2009
How much do lobbyists pay to get their way?
Special interests are big spenders at the State House
In 2008, corporations spent more than $3 million to hire lobbyists to protect their interests at the Rhode Island State House.
By:
STEVEN STYCOS
| March 18, 2009
Bad week for Lifespan: New financing plan comes under scrutiny
Health-care
Last week was a tough one for Rhode Island's largest hospital network. The Rhode Island Health Services Council refused to allow Lifespan to borrow $75.9 million to finish renovation and expansion projects at the Miriam and Rhode Island hospitals.
By:
STEVEN STYCOS
| March 04, 2009
Bill proposes cap for hospital CEO salaries
Meanwhile, Lifespan postpones raises
All but two Rhode Island hospital CEO executives would face massive pay cuts under legislation filed last week by state senator Michael McCaffrey
By:
STEVEN STYCOS
| February 18, 2009
Health-care's big moneyman in New England
Lifespan CEO George Vecchione's compensation is tops in the region
Lifespan CEO George Vecchione's compensation is tops in the region
By:
STEVEN STYCOS
| February 20, 2009
Primary care doctors could be harder to find in RI
Health-Care
Finding a primary care doctor in Rhode Island may get harder. Faced with increasing workloads, some Rhode Island internists and family physicians are reducing their patient numbers.
By:
STEVEN STYCOS
| January 21, 2009
Capital cash
Weiners donate $100K for Obama's inauguration
A well-connected Rhode Island couple has donated $100,000 for the inauguration of President Barack Obama.
By:
STEVEN STYCOS
| January 07, 2009
Expert: Expanding wind power could unhinge insects
Unintended Consequences
Last spring, a red tail hawk was hit and killed by Rhode Island's one functioning wind turbine at Portsmouth Abbey School. Brother Joseph Byron says the bird was the first animal fatality he has seen since the 241-foot-high structure started producing 660 kilowatts in March 2006.
By:
STEVEN STYCOS
| November 25, 2008
The alt-candidates
On the Rhode Island ballot: a revolutionary, conservatives — and Ralph Nader, of course
A revolutionary, Ralph Nader, a Baptist minister, and two former congressmen from Georgia are all running for president in Rhode Island.
By:
STEVEN STYCOS
| October 29, 2008
Are you paying too much for your heating bill?
Critics charge that lax regulation is inflating utility costs in Rhode Island
As winter approaches and energy prices rise worldwide, Rhode Islanders will wince when they open their monthly bills for electricity and natural gas.
By:
STEVEN STYCOS
| September 10, 2008
The ProJo opposes plastic bag use — but it uses plastic bags
Environment
In April, the Providence Journal strongly endorsed reducing use of plastic bags, but the newspaper continues to use more than 100,000 plastic bags a day.
By:
STEVEN STYCOS
| August 20, 2008
Critics say bill co-sponsored by Langevin and Kennedy heightens tensions
Iran
Rhode Island peace activists say a resolution co-sponsored by US Representatives James Langevin and Patrick Kennedy could lead to war with Iran.
By:
STEVEN STYCOS
| August 13, 2008
Injured Wobbly awaits trial for resisting arrest
Annals of labor
One year after North Providence police severely injured Alexandra Svoboda during a demonstration, she awaits a fifth knee surgery and a trial for resisting arrest.
By:
STEVEN STYCOS
| July 23, 2008
Expert warns of food and energy shortage
Environment
Unless farmers the world over adopt more intensive growing techniques, we may soon run short of both food and energy.
By:
STEVEN STYCOS
| March 26, 2008
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