Tag: Blake Filippi
Federal appeals court partially upholds R.I. truck-tolling program
PROVIDENCE – More than two years after a judge ruled in favor of the trucking industry in halting the state’s controversial tolling program used...
Shekarchi, Ruggerio reflect on 2023 legislative session
Just days after the Rhode Island General Assembly ended in a marathon, 10-hour session, House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi is back at work.
Sitting in...
JCLS lawsuit filed in 2020 dismissed
PROVIDENCE – A 2-year-old lawsuit brought by former state Rep. Blake Filippi against former House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello and other members of the Joint...
Senate Majority Leader McCaffrey will not seek reelection after 28 years...
PROVIDENCE – A veteran Democratic leader in the R.I. Statehouse is stepping down after nearly three decades in office.
Senate Majority Leader Michael McCaffrey, D-Warwick,...
Unidentified production company seeks $22M in state tax credits; ‘Hocus Pocus’...
PROVIDENCE - The producers of an unnamed feature film being shot in Rhode Island are asking for just over $22 million in state tax...
Slow-spending R.I. has two months to disperse $900M in CARES Act...
Rhode Island officials rejoiced when they learned in March that the state would get a $1.25 billion slice of the federal coronavirus relief package....
R.I. House Republicans pick leadership; Democrats to caucus
PROVIDENCE (AP) – Republicans in the state House of Representatives said Wednesday that they've unanimously re-elected Blake Filippi as Minority Leader and Michael Chippendale...
R.I. program to provide $20M in tourism, arts relief draws criticism...
PROVIDENCE – Eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the beleaguered hotel industry in Rhode Island now has access to a dedicated program using federal...
Lining up for next windfall
In November 1998, Rhode Island was part of a historic settlement with the tobacco industry to pay for the health care costs of smoking...
Tearing down ‘Superman’ building is wrongheaded thinking
To the Editor:
In Providence Business News’ June 7 article, “It will take investment to save ‘Superman’ tower,” Rep. Blake Filippi, R-New Shoreham, suggested the...
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