Did state Democratic leaders make the right call delaying decisions on this fiscal year’s budget until November?

PBN Staff

09/18/2020

THE R.I. SENATE finance committee will begin its review of the International Game Technology PLC contract next week. /PBN FILE PHOTO/ PAM BHATIA — MOST STATES have approved fiscal 2021 budgets, but Rhode Island Democratic leaders have decided to wait until after the November election. /PBN FILE PHOTO/ PAM BHATIA

House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello, Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio and Gov. Gina M. Raimondo, all Democrats, on Sept. 11 announced that the General Assembly will hold a special session in November to vote on this fiscal year’s budget. They say that Gov. Raimondo and state lawmakers can't make decisions on the budget until they…

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