Governing: Rhode Island once had a lot of firsts to boast about. America’s smallest state was the first to embrace religious freedom, the first to declare independence from Britain and the first to build a successful textile mill, thus bringing the Industrial Revolution to America. But there haven’t been many such milestones lately. Decades of manufacturing job losses and the Great Recession left the state’s economy decimated, languishing in the shadow of neighboring Massachusetts without a clear path to 21st-century viability. In 2013, Rhode Island received a first-place designation that no state covets -- the highest unemployment rate in the country.
The most significant government policy, business, and technology news and analysis delivered to your inbox.
Subscribe Nowi360Gov is an intelligent network of websites and e-newsletters that provides government business, policy and technology leaders with a single destination for the most important news and analysis regarding their agency strategies and initiatives.
Telephone: 202.760.2280
Toll Free: 855.i360.Gov
Fax: 202.697.5045
The most significant government policy, business, and technology news and analysis delivered to your inbox.
Subscribe Now