With 2021 successes, The Beacon Hill Institute is poised to debate state tax policy in 2022 As 2021 comes to a close, I would like to tell you about our accomplishments during the year by highlighting our work on state tax policy. The Institute is a voice that continues to be heard on fiscal matters. […]
December 2021. We’ve updated our Newsletter! In addition to being more concise, our new format will now include regular updates from the SNEP Network and the SNEP Watershed Implementation Grants (SWIG) program so that you’ll have access to updates from all aspects of our Program in one place. If you’re worried about missing our articles, […]
COME VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE TREE! Popular Vote Winner will be announced on DEC.17th at 6PM This showcase of re-Trees will be dispersed throughout the grounds of Tiverton Four Corners until December 17th. Community voting for the popular vote prize and the Longplex Kids & Family Award will continue until 3PM that evening. The Popular Vote Prize package includes […]
R.I. Republican National Committeeman Steven Frias argues that prison inmates should not be reallocated in redistricting because prison inmates are not unique, and following the U.S. Census does not lead to gerrymandering in Rhode Island and is not racist. “Those seeking to deviate from the U.S. Census claim that prison inmates are unique because prisoners […]
December 17th Santa Claus will be arriving at the Cheese Wheel at 5:00 PM. He will be leaving for the North Pole at 6PM after the Popular Vote Winner announcement for the 8th Annual re-Tree Community Contest & Exhibition HoHoHo!
Upcoming MHC Workshops Below is the spring 2022 schedule of workshops. Workshops are still over Zoom only for the foreseeable future. Click on the workshop titles below to register. We will now be offering two ticket options: the LIVE ticket will allow you to attend the Zoom “in person” and receive a recording after the […]
EarthTalk® From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine This visualization shows the hole in the ozone layer over the South Pole is getting smaller each year thanks to efforts by international negotiators back in the late 1980’s. Credit: Stuart Rankin, FlickrCC. Dear EarthTalk: Has anyone calculated the positive health and/or economic impacts of […]
MUSE CINDY SHERMAN “Being able to make a living doing something one truly loves to do – is my definition of success.” Cindy Sherman is an American artist whose work consists primarily of photographic self-portraits depicting herself as various imagined characters. For over four decades, she has explored the meaning of identity, subverting the visual and cultural codes of […]
