Rhode Island's budget impasse is being followed by independent ratings agencies./PBN FILE PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS
PROVIDENCE – A multimillion-dollar shortfall in projected corporate tax revenue is largely contributing to the state’s near $100 million shortfall in revenue estimates. And it’s not entirely clear why. The state’s budget office on Wednesday estimated revenue for fiscal 2017 would total about $3.7 billion, representing a $60.1 million decline from the last time revenue…