McKee won’t sign $14.3B state budget plan; stops short of veto

Updated at 5:25 p.m..

Christopher Allen

06/25/2025

kyMXsoMF-IMG_0762 — GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE on Wednesday announced he will allow the $14.3 billion state budget to go into effect without his signature, citing what he called unnecessary tax and fee hikes. PBN PHOTO/ CHRIS ALLEN

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Wednesday announced he will not sign nor veto the $14.3 billion state budget approved by Smith Hill lawmakers, saying “it taxes people and raises fees unnecessarily.” “At this moment in time there wasn’t a need to raise taxes on anyone,” he said. “This is a budget I’m not going

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