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House panel passes $14.3B budget that boosts primary care reimbursements for...

PROVIDENCE – A key House panel on Tuesday approved a $14.3 billion fiscal 2026 state budget plan by an 11-3 vote, prioritizing funding to...
MAKING IT WORK: R.I. Public Defender Collin Geiselman, left, and Matthew Toro, deputy public defender, discuss cases in their office in Providence. Now that higher pay rates have been approved, the public defender’s office is having a much easier time keeping and hiring staff. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. public defenders get helping hand, but still understaffed

The workload has gotten easier for the attorneys in the R.I. ­Office of the Public Defender, but it’s still not case closed when it...

Is Gov. Daniel J. McKee right to give state department heads...

Gov. Daniel J. McKee has proposed $82,000 in pay raises for 11 state cabinet directors despite a looming fiscal 2026 budget deficit of more...

Hundreds of state workers still await merit raises. McKee’s cabinet heads...

Denise Robinson’s role at the R.I. Department of Transportation has changed dramatically since she started 36 years ago. New technology and updated government regulations...

‘Control deficiencies’ undercounted General Fund’s balance by $83.6M, audit finds

PROVIDENCE – Government agencies across the board failed to account for a combined $83.6 million in General Fund balance at the close of fiscal year...

Disputed $15.5B R.I. Medicaid contract canceled amid new federal requirements 

Rhode Island officials have scrapped a tentative, $15.5 billion, five-year contract to manage the state Medicaid program amid new federal rules, Kerri White, a...

McKee vows no broad-based tax hikes, sustaining existing budget investments

PROVIDENCE – During his fourth "State of the State" address, Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Tuesday said the administration plans to build upon the...
THE WARMUP: A legislative study commission on climate change meets in December at the Statehouse, weeks before the full General Assembly convenes to start the 2025 legislative session. Testifying are Thomas Guthlein, left, R.I. Emergency Management Agency associate director; and Melinda Hopkins, the agency’s planning branch chief. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

FALLING SHORT: Projected $330M deficit has General Assembly prepping for belt-tightening

For Rhode Island legislators, what’s old is new again. After three years of surpluses, state budget officials are now projecting that the government is facing...
COMMON CAUSE Rhode Island Executive Director John Marion filed a complaint with the R.I. Department of State asking the department’s public information office to investigate and seek sanctions against Michael Magee Jr., a major player in the ILO Group LLC contract controversy. / PBN FILE PHOTO / MICHAEL SALERNO

Common Cause R.I. files complaint seeking investigation into major ILO contract...

PROVIDENCE – Common Cause Rhode Island on Thursday has formally filed a complaint with the R.I. Department of State asking the department’s public information...
APPLICANTS are being sought for the state's new "Rhode Map to Success" pilot program to assist underrepresented local businesses.

R.I. launches program aimed at helping ‘historically disadvantaged’ businesses

PROVIDENCE – R.I. Commerce Corp. and the R.I. Division of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion – part of the R.I. Department of Administration – are...
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