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Hospitality leaders urge sector to proceed with caution at annual outlook...

WARWICK – Hotel and restaurant owners will need to balance opportunity with caution in 2026, said National Restaurant Association’s Chief Economist Chad Moutray during...
the prop Justine Oliva holds several recent Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council reports. 
“We dig deep into issues, share our findings 
and use them to develop practical public policy reforms,” 
she said.

Justine Oliva

PBN 40 Under Forty Awards 2025 JUSTINE OLIVA | 39 Director of policy and research, Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council What is the biggest challenge currently facing...

PBN announces 2025 40 Under Forty honorees

PROVIDENCE – Forty young professionals were selected as the winners of Providence Business News’ 21st annual 40 Under Forty Awards program. The honorees were chosen...
CHALLENGES AHEAD: Woonsocket Superintendent Patrick McGee, like most of his counterparts in other Rhode Island communities, is trying to lead his school district through steep declines in enrollment since the COVID-19 pandemic. 
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R.I. school districts wrestle with enrollment drops

Tough decisions are being made in public school districts throughout Rhode Island, and more appear on the horizon for others amid shrinking enrollment counts...
INCREASED INCOME: West Greenwich Town Administrator Kevin Breene says the future is in the trades for anyone interested in increasing their income.
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ELIZABETH GRAHAM

CHASING WEALTH: Incomes in some R.I. communities have climbed in last...

Kevin Breene’s family history in West Greenwich goes back 11 generations, beginning when the rural hamlet had a few hundred residents and was one...
HONORED: The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council recently received an award for outstanding policy achievement from the Governmental Research Association for the council’s tangible tax exemption proposal. Pictured, from left, are Justine Oliva, manager of research; Michael DiBiase, CEO and president; and Jeffrey S. Hamill, public policy analyst. 
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RIPEC awarded for tax proposal

JUSTINE OLIVA is the manager of research for the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council, which recently received an award for outstanding policy achievement from...

RIPEC: R.I.’s K-12 education system is in crisis

PROVIDENCE – The K-12 education system in Rhode Island is in crisis. That's the conclusion the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council made in its newly...
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