Tag: House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarc
General Assembly leaders divided on tax cuts, school funding formula
PROVIDENCE – House and Senate leaders agree that taxes levied on Rhode Island businesses should be reduced. But the consensus ends there.
Speaking during the...
McKee budget proposes $5M for small-business energy upgrades
PROVIDENCE – Robert “Rocky” Kempenaar, a commercial developer who operates four hotels on Aquidneck Island and is in the approval process for a mixed-use development...
McKee to propose cuts to sales tax, other levies in budget...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Tuesday said his administration will propose several broad-based tax cuts in his fiscal 2024 budget, as well...
House Speaker Shekarchi’s legislative priorities include affordable housing, bioscience initiative
PROVIDENCE – With the 2023-24 legislative session just around the corner, House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi on Tuesday offered a preview of his legislative...
Shekarchi backs new agency to boost biotech and life sciences
PROVIDENCE – On the heels of a newly released report looking at creating a more-thriving life sciences and biotechnology sector in the state, House...
Critics say state funding for electric bills isn’t enough
PROVIDENCE – Faced with historic winter electric rate hikes, state officials stepped in with nearly $36 million in funding to soften the blow.
While the...
House leadership kills contested ‘advanced recycling’ bill
PROVIDENCE – A contested bill that would have eased regulations for high-heat plastic recycling plants will not make it beyond the Senate this year.
House...
Proposed tax relief plan ends R.I. car levy earlier
PROVIDENCE – The much-maligned state car tax is on track to disappear within a matter of weeks as part of a set of state...
State leaders agree to invest $119M to aid small bizs, human...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Monday announced that $119 million in federal aid from the American Rescue Plan Act will be spent...
Twin River marks rebrand to Bally’s, start of $100M expansion
LINCOLN – What’s been known as Twin River Casino Hotel since 2007 is now called Bally’s Twin River Casino Lincoln.
Casino executives from Bally’s Corp....
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