Tag: House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello
R.I. House Dems pave way for Shekarchi to speakership
WARWICK – Just a day after House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello conceded to Republican challenger Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung in his reelection bid, House Democrats gathered Thursday night at the Crowne...
Do you feel good about the direction of the state and...
Record numbers of voters locally and nationally cast ballots in the Nov. 3 elections, leading to a hotly contested presidential election and a host...
Embrace the change in House
Change is coming to the General Assembly and our advice to all of House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello’s supporters and detractors is simple: Embrace...
AP: Biden takes R.I.; House Speaker Mattiello ousted
PROVIDENCE (AP) — A statewide referendum that would shorten Rhode Island’s official name and the Democratic House speaker’s tight race for reelection were dominating...
R.I.’s name returns to spotlight
Dropping “Providence Plantations” from Rhode Island’s official documents and websites is a start, but activists and others say state leaders need to do much...
R.I. Foundation unveils 10-year plan, $1M commitment to improve public education
PROVIDENCE – Within the last two years, Rhode Island has started making the long journey to repair the public education system in the state.
In...
Mattiello: Perennial deficit ‘not an appropriate way to run a government’
PROVIDENCE – House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello told business leaders Wednesday that he doesn’t object to many of the economic and educational initiatives contained...
R.I. leaders grapple with $200M budget deficit
Rhode Island has a budget deficit, again.
By definition, a structural deficit is a persistent budget situation in which revenues are growing slower than expenditures....
House budget of $10B tosses new taxes, spending sought by governor
PROVIDENCE — The House finance committee late Friday approved a nearly $10 billion state budget for the upcoming fiscal year that rejects many of...
Senate approves mobile sports betting
PROVIDENCE – The Senate on Wednesday approved a bill allowing mobile sports betting through Twin River casinos in Lincoln and Tiverton.
“The new in-person Sportsbook...
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