Seems like it’s the Ocean State’s week here on NRO. In Rhode Island, there is a hyper-P.C question on the ballot next week to change the state’s name. The skinny from Ballotpedia:

Most people in the United States would assume that the state of Rhode Island’s official name is just that—Rhode Island. However, the official name of the state is in fact “State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.” However, if enacted by a majority of state voters, Question 1 would change the official name to just “Rhode Island.”
The proposal was introduced due to proponents’ beliefs that the name can be related to a history of slavery in the state. Representative Joseph Almeida, who sponsored the bill, said “It’s high time for us to recognize that slavery happened on plantations in Rhode Island and decide that we don’t want that chapter of our history to be a proud part of our name.”
However, opponents such as Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri, state that the name does not refer to slavery and should not be changed. Carcieri’s spokesperson, Amy Kempe, pointed out that “The historical definition of the word ‘plantation’ is ‘settlement or colony’ and is no way in reference to the most modern definition associated with slavery.”

For the record, the state’s official name, established in 1663, predates the introduction of slavery by decades, and eleven years earlier the residents passed the first colonial law against slavery. Brian Stinson provides a worthwhile history lesson at Newport Now.