Raimondo signs fiscal 2020 budget, sharply criticizes cuts in economic development programs

Mary MacDonald

07/05/2019

Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has signed the 2020 state budget, but with criticism of changes to economic development programs. / PBN FILE PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo signed the nearly $10 billion fiscal 2020 state budget Friday, but in her transmission letter to House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello, D-Cranston, she criticized legislative changes to her budget that she said will cut the effectiveness of job-creation programs. The governor cited a cut to the Real Jobs Rhode…

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