Rhode Island Votes Forum

This legislation absolutely does NOT place a higher tax burden on new residents. They shall be treated precisely the same as they are now and this is simply false and misleading and I am horrified to see such a misrepresentation of fact.

Being a veteran retiree, and married to veteran retiree, both of the RI National Guards, I just wanted to thank all those in favor - unanimously, in the Senate for passing this much needed tax exemption for our RI National Guard Retirees Association, of which both me and my husband are members, and I'm...

Higher education comes right after healthcare in terms of runaway costs. Many schools are run like private enterprises but have all the advantages of non-profit exclusion from taxation as well as receiving gifts which result in exemptions from taxation for the donors. A very nice double-dip for them...

I applaud Rep. Ken Carter's efforts and am so grateful that we agree with what I have been advocating for the past seven years. His efforts will make a huge difference to property owners and will be copied by other states in the future. I wish him good luck in passage of the bill. Dr. Harvey Waxman