RHODE ISLAND'S state and local governments outspent the national average in fiscal 2019, the latest year for which such data are available, according to an analysis released Thursday by the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC EXPENDITURE COUNCIL
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s state and local governments outspent the national average in fiscal 2019, the latest year for which such data are available, according to an analysis released today by the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council. The report, “How Rhode Island Compares State and Local Revenues and Expenditures,” relied on data from multiple sources,…