Tag: Melissa A. Murray
R.I. Senate leaders unveil 9-bill health care package
PROVIDENCE – The state’s Senate leaders have unveiled another legislative package aimed at improving health care access and affordability.
The unveiling of the nine-bill package...
R.I. legislators pass bill to keep medical debt off credit reports
PROVIDENCE – The General Assembly recently passed legislation that would protect Rhode Islanders from credit problems resulting from medical debts.
The bills sponsored by Rep....
New tax exemption to make tangible difference in R.I.
At Symposium Books Inc. in downtown Providence, the property making up the store’s physical backbone – its numerous bookcases, for instance, or the computers...
Legislation to cap copays for diabetes supplies, equipment passes Senate
PROVIDENCE – The Senate has approved legislation that would limit insured patients’ copays for supplies and equipment used to treat diabetes.
The bill, sponsored by...
Momentum finally building for R.I. tangible tax exemption
Small-business owners in Rhode Island for years have called for a tangible asset tax exemption, but it could never gain enough support from state...
McKee opposes GA bills taxing high-income earners
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Tuesday said he opposes legislation in the General Assembly that would raise personal income taxes on the...