Tag: Michael DiBiase
Pandemic offers R.I. leaders a chance to reassess priorities
Rhode Island has been hit harder by the COVID-19 pandemic than most states, and the economic fallout has left the General Assembly with a...
RIPEC: State unemployment trust may run out by Sept., resulting in...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s unemployment insurance trust fund is on track to run out by September, and the result may be higher taxes for...
Report: R.I. Q1 GDP projected to have contracted at 4.3% annualized...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s gross domestic product was estimated to have contracted at a 4.3% annualized rate, according to a report from the Rhode...
Unkindest cuts: Many casualties expected as R.I. begins ‘brutal’ budget process
The future looked encouraging for Karen Santilli just a few months ago. In mid-January, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo released a $10.2 billion fiscal 2021 budget...
Former DHS employee files unlawful-termination complaint against state
PROVIDENCE – A former R.I. Department of Human Services employee filed a discrimination charge with the R.I. Commission for Human Rights Wednesday against her...
Most-read stories on PBN.com, October 2019
1. U.S. News awards 4 R.I. nursing homes top honors POSTED ONLINE: OCT. 29. Briarcliffe Manor in Johnston, Hallworth House in Providence, Hattie Ide...
DiBiase named CEO and president of RIPEC
PROVIDENCE – Michael DiBiase has been named president and CEO of the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council, succeeding John C. Simmons, the nonprofit public...
UnitedHealthcare’s challenge to BCBSRI’s medical plan win denied
PROVIDENCE – UnitedHealthcare of New England’s challenge of the choice by the state to award the oversight of employee and retiree medical plans to...
Raimondo eyes tax on cloud-based services
(Corrected at 11:25 a.m. to replace T-shirt reference in 11th paragraph with microwave.) Does your business use Office 365? Do you pay for TurboTax’s...
Kumar appointed state chief information officer
Updated, 6:04 p.m. PROVIDENCE - Bijay Kumar was appointed Rhode Island’s chief information officer, the R.I. Department of Administration Director Michael DiBiase announced Monday. “Bijay brings...
