Tag: Budget
Chamber opposes Raimondo sales tax expansion
Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has recommended an expansion of the state sales tax to include professional services associated with commercial buildings, such as landscaping,...
Do you support Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s proposals to legalize adult...
Gov. Gina M. Raimondo's fiscal 2020 budget proposal includes an “adult-use marijuana program,” which would legalize sales for recreational use.
The program would create a...
U.S. budget deficit jumps in first nine months of fiscal year
NEW YORK - The United States budget deficit widened by 16 percent to $607 billion three-quarters of the way through Donald Trump’s first full...
Fiscally sound
When does your company put together its fiscal year budgets?
Spring: 40%
Fall: 40%
Winter: 20%
Summer: 0%
Is the budget an aspirational guide to operations or a strict...
Raimondo signs $9.6B budget for fiscal 2019
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo signed the fiscal year 2019 $9.6 billion budget, passed by the General Assembly, Friday.
The general revenue total in...
General Assembly approves $9.6B budget for FY 2019
PROVIDENCE – The General Assembly passed a $9.6 billion fiscal year 2019 budget Wednesday that, among many things, provides for the legalization of gambling...
House-passed budget outlines revenue-sharing from sports betting
PROVIDENCE — The House late Friday approved a $9.6 billion budget that continues a car-tax phaseout and outlines how revenue from newly authorized sports...
Are lawmakers ready to deal on PawSox?
The General Assembly has returned to work with a few critical topics to consider and a host of other issues that will likely lead...
Broken politics encourages deficit busting
If you stayed up until the wee small hours earlier this month to watch the passage of the Republican tax bill, you heard a...
Tax reform is not about ‘cuts’
When Congress recently adopted a budget, the White House responded (as it is wont to do) with a tweet. “Budget passes House,” it read....