Surplus no substitute for needed growth

With both more revenue and less expense than projected, Rhode Island ended fiscal 2015 with a larger surplus than expected, $166.4 million for the general fund to be exact. But at the same time that Gov. Gina M. Raimondo was trumpeting the accomplishment, she pointed to the projected deficit for fiscal 2017, the result of

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