Elizabeth Roberts

Here’s Josephine Raimondo awaiting State of the State speech by her daughter, ⁦@GovRaimondo⁩, in 2016. May Josephine Rest in Peace

“Education is the key to economic opportunity for all Rhode Islanders” @MichaelPDiBiase opens RIPEC’s K-12 Education Forum.

#OTD May 9, 1843, following the Dorr Rebellion, RI abolished the Charter of 1661, & the newly-written Constitution of the State of Rhode Island formally went into effect. It was the 1st State Constitution in the United States that explicitly granted voting rights to Black men.

This situation, created over decades, is unfair, makes housing for renters less affordable, and discourages business location and investment. Unless and until this issue is addressed, the tax structure will remain a drag on the City's growth and prosperity. (2/2)

RI should be embarrassed. We spend around $20K per student annually on K-12 education, yet: 🚨 2 in 3 students are not proficient in English Lang. Arts 🚨3 in 4 not proficient in math 🚨1 in 3 chronically absent last year RIPEC outlines achievable solutions in @Globe_RI

An opportunity to join our small but mighty RIPEC research team!

RI will never live up to its full potential until we can give every single kid an amazing education in our public schools. It doesn’t matter whether you’re an elected official, member of the business community, parent, student or teacher…this has to be our #1 focus.

I am very proud of this report and hope it helps to bring K-12 reform to the top of the state’s agenda. Everyone—not only policymakers and education leaders, but also parents, teachers, business and nonprofit leaders—needs to have more urgency around this issue.

Ron Brownstein is the keynote speaker for the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council's annual meeting on October 24th! NHG joins @RIPEC_ in celebrating 90 years of working for responsible government and economic growth in the Ocean State.

But RI still has recovered only 92% of jobs lost during pandemic. Employed RI residents grew by 700 to 558,700, setting a new all-time high. Labor force (employed and seeking work) also up 1,800 to 575,100-- 3,000 more than before pandemic (this may be most positive news). (2/2)

Very positive jobs report for August from @RI_DLT. RI-based jobs finally moved--up 2,500--after only increasing by 400 over past three months. Hiring by schools and hospitality sector appears to have fueled growth. Unemployment rate at 2.8%. (1/2) dlt.ri.gov/media

Small, but mighty. Thank you to all our supporters who share a desire to make Rhode Island the best place to live, work, and raise a family.  We need to keep going to keep #RI02 firmly in Democratic hands. I know we can do this together, supporting @SethMagaziner.

Don’t forget to vote on Tuesday and start with a vote for Joy!

ICYMI: Proud to have support from these women leaders in health care. #RI02 joyfoxcongress.com/women-leaders-…

Check out our most recent report analyzing the FY23 budget enacted in June and the state's fiscal outlook. The FY23 budget is the third consecutive budget characterized by a massive influx of federal COVID relief dollars and the second marked by large state surpluses.

These longstanding leaders understand how high the stakes are in this election and why we need to send a woman with deep roots and experience in the Second District to Congress. Thank you, @EHRobertsRI and Myrth! #RI02 joyfoxcongress.com/elizabeth-robe…

RIPEC is looking for nominations for this year's public service awards. The process of submitting nominations is fairly simple.

Exciting news for a new model of LGBTQ+ housing for older adults approved for the new East Point development. Great vision and leadership from the City of East Providence and Aldersbridge Communities! tinyurl.com/h2v95kjx

Perry Raso is an evangelist for aquaculture, and the owner of one of the best oyster bars in the world where he farms more than 16 million oysters across seven acres. @JeffGlor visited Raso’s @MatunuckOyster in Rhode Island and got a taste of it all for himself.

Inbox: @JoyFoxRI says she is the first #RI02 Democrat who has qualified for the ballot in the Sept 13 primary (two months from today) @SethMagaziner @SarahForRI @DavidSegalRI @bah_omar also running in the D primary for the chance to face GOP's @AllanFungRI in November