Tag: General Assembly
Tax-credit program needs strong oversight to pay off
Economic-development officials took a good step on Sept. 16 in agreeing to create clear rules ahead of the rollout of a new tax-credit program...
Is the 20-year extension of IGT’s contract to provide technology to...
When Gov. Gina M. Raimondo and leaders of the General Assembly announced a proposal to extend International Game Technology PLC’s contract to provide technology...
Raimondo renews call for tougher gun laws
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on Aug. 5 renewed calls for tougher gun laws in the state, following mass shootings in Texas and...
Raimondo signs bill to fast-track principal certification in R.I.
East Providence School District Superintendent Kathryn Crowley can think of a handful of employees who she predicts would make good school principals. But for...
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...
GA passes bill to streamline regulations for blockchain financial applications
PROVIDENCE – The General Assembly has recently approved legislation that would clarify and streamline regulations for financial transactions using blockchain technology.
The bill had not...
Financial-exploitation protections for seniors, disabled approved by GA
PROVIDENCE – Certain individuals would be required to report cases of suspected financial exploitation of people age 60 or older and of younger people...
Is the Rhode Island Small Business Development Fund approved by the...
At the last minute of its 2019 session, the General Assembly created the Rhode Island Small Business Development Fund to encourage private investment in...
GA failure on energy costs us all
The recently ended legislative session let die two bills passed by the Senate, ones that on their face would seem to make strange bedfellows...
GA passes law allowing workers to bid for biz following mass...
PROVIDENCE – The General Assembly has approved legislation to notify workers of their opportunity to organize a cooperative and make a bid to buy...