Another potential federal shutdown looms this week as lawmakers in Washington struggle to reach a consensus on immigration issues. The Public’s Radio political analyst, Scott MacKay, says it’s a good moment to reflect on our immigration history.
Scott MacKay Commentary
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Scott MacKay’s Commentary: Is This The Year RI Protects Abortion Rights?
Abortion is back as a contentious topic at Statehouses from Boston to Sacramento. The Public’s Radio political analyst Scott MacKay says this may be the year Rhode Island lawmakers protect abortion rights.
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Is this year Rhode Island protects abortion rights
Support grows for codifying Roe v. Wade at RI Capitol
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Time for RI to Legalize Pot
Rhode Island should follow Massachusetts in regulating and taxing marijuana like alcohol
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The 1991 Banking Crisis RI Inauguration
New Year’s Day 1991 Brought a Very Strange RI Governor Inaugu
ration
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Christmas Eve At The RI Statehouse
The Public’s Radio political analyst, Scott MacKay, brings us his annual tongue-in-cheeky political Christmas poem. With apologies to Clement Clarke Moore.
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Making work pay for low-income workers
Rhode Island has fallen behind other New England states in helping workers via the Earned Income Tax Credit
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RIP George H.W. Bush
Scott MacKay remembers President George H.W. Bush, son of a senator and father of a president
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Sin taxes in RI and Mass
Mass and RI pols seeking revenue via sports betting and recreational pot sales
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Scott MacKay Commentary: Voter Supression Nothing New
Election season starts early next month with primaries in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Rhode Island Public Radio Political Analyst Scott MacKay takes this opportunity to consider New England’s history of restricting who can cast ballots.