The state’s jobless rate, the highest in the region at 12.6 percent, the continuing problem of home foreclosures and business bankruptcies and the inability of state legislators to resolve tax and spending crises have pushed back the recovery already taking hold in other parts of New England.

Yet, despite those worries, and the state’s oppressive tax and business climate tamping down economic hope, there are still signs of life.

I’ve seen them sprouting among the entrepreneurs who are trying to start and grow businesses here. They should be encouraged because the small business owners and their energy and ideas offer a way out of Rhode Island’s morass.

Full Story: John Kostrzewa: Brain power may be the key to climbing out of Rhode Island’s deep recession Source: Providence Journal, May 11th, 2010 Author: John Kostrzewa Added on May 11th, 2010 at 11:53 am, by Muse en Lystrala