Tag: Michael DiBiase
On the workforce development front, headwinds persist
In 2022, excitement surged in the state after Breeze Airways announced plans to establish a permanent base at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport...
RIPEC: R.I.’s labor market weakens in Q2
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s labor market weakened in the second quarter, the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council and the Center for Global and Regional...
RIPEC: Medicaid spending on the rise despite enrollment decline
PROVIDENCE – Already representing over one-third of the budget, state spending on Medicaid remains on an unsustainable trajectory, projected to increase nearly three times...
A ripple effect from charter freeze?
A new three-year charter school moratorium in Rhode Island is raising concerns that it could weaken workforce competitiveness and limit options for families.
The measure,...
RIPEC: landlords, renters and businesses increasingly footing local governments
PROVIDENCE – Following several years of modest growth, Rhode Island cities and towns are rapidly shifting more of their tax burdens to property taxpayers,...
House’s millionaires tax phase-in plan fails to sway business opposition
PROVIDENCE – Business opposition to Rhode Island’s proposed “millionaires tax” is holding firm despite a three-year phase-in included in a House-approved budget plan, according...
RIPEC: R.I.’s unemployment rate highest since Q3 of 2021
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s unemployment rate reached its highest level in five years, the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council and the Center for Global...
RIPEC: Millionaires tax ‘unwise’ given domestic migration trends
PROVIDENCE – The proposal to increase Rhode Island’s top income tax rate may accelerate outmigration and weaken the state’s economic competitiveness, according to an...
Rhode Island: Where often is heard a discouraging word on the...
“Underperforming” is how Emily Mandel, senior economist at Moody’s Analytics, characterized Rhode Island’s economic forecast through the end of the decade.
Her words of caution...
Do you agree with the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council that state...
An over-reliance on low-productivity industry sectors and government spending has the state’s economy significantly lagging the rest of the nation, the Rhode Island Public...
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