Tag: House Finance Committee
Five Questions With: Citizens Bank’s Michael Knipper
Michael Knipper, an executive vice president and head of property and procurement at Citizens Financial Group Inc., has been the point person for the...
House panel passes $13.9B budget plan without Citizens-backed tax change
PROVIDENCE – A key House panel on Friday approved a fiscal 2025 state budget plan by a 13-1 vote with no broad-based tax cuts...
Must R.I. give Citizens what it wants?
The 11th-hour budget amendment submitted by Gov. Daniel J. McKee asking to overhaul how Rhode Island-based banks are taxed had some questioning whether the...
Building affordable housing units proving expensive
In May 2023, Gov. Daniel J. McKee and other state officials issued a press release touting a $101 million investment of State Fiscal Recovery...
After FAA audit, state on the hook for $500K to Warwick...
Nobody complained for over three decades as the corporation that runs the state’s airport paid an annual six-figure sum to the city of Warwick...
After initial launch, RIC’s new cybersecurity institute looks to be self-funded
State leaders have agreed to set aside more than $2 million to launch the Institute for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies at Rhode Island College,...
Report: Life sciences industry has room to grow in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – A $45 million investment to jump-start the Ocean State's position in the booming life sciences industry was left intact when the House Finance...
At DCYF, labor shortages creating big headaches
The state is struggling to hire and retain public employees, but the labor problems are particularly troubling at the R.I. Department of Children Youth...
Five Questions With: Marvin L. Abney
Rep. Marvin L. Abney, D-Newport, has a crucial job at the Statehouse – he leads the committee that is charged with closely examining the...
House panel OKs $13.6B fiscal 2023 state spending plan
PROVIDENCE - A key House panel on Thursday approved a $13.6 billion fiscal spending plan that seeks to strike a balance between supercharging a...