Tag: Fiscal 2018 Budget
With new year, new R.I. rules take effect
PROVIDENCE – With the advent of the new calendar year, new provisions from the fiscal 2018 budget have taken effect. The 2018 fiscal year budget...
Fiscal 2018 budget process not a joy to behold
One month after adjourning without a budget for fiscal 2018, the two houses of Rhode Island’s General Assembly resolved their differences and agreed to...
Governor signs fiscal 2018 budget
PROVIDENCE – The fiscal 2018 budget impasse is no more. Legislators resolved their differences over the budget that was to have begun July 1,...
Unfinished General Assembly session leaves major business issues up in the...
The General Assembly’s abrupt ending to its legislative session left several bills in limbo, including most notably the $9.2 billion tax-and-spending plan for fiscal...
Does budget impasse mean it is time to recall legislative leaders?
Two weeks into the hostage-taking of Rhode Island by House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello and Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio, and with no end...
Schools face up to $45M in reduced state aid due to...
PROVIDENCE – Education officials in Rhode Island are bracing for up to $45 million in cuts to local schools due to the continuing delay...
State advises departments, cities to prepare for reduced funding
PROVIDENCE – State budget officials have advised department and agency leaders that the failure of the General Assembly to approve a fiscal 2018 budget...
Ratings agencies following budget impasse
NEW YORK – Rhode Island’s budget impasse is on the radar of independent ratings services companies, with Fitch Ratings on Thursday describing it as...
Raimondo: legislative leaders need to resolve differences, pass a budget
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo said Wednesday legislative leaders need to reconcile their differences on the state’s fiscal 2018 budget, and present a...
Should the General Assembly have “scooped” at least $29 million from...
With an estimated $134 million budget deficit for fiscal years 2017 and 2018, the General Assembly had to make some difficult choices to balance...
