Tag: R.I. House
R.I. House approves $12.75B state budget for fiscal 2021
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. House approved a $12.75 billion budget Wednesday afternoon, one that distributes federal pandemic aid and general fund revenues among existing...
House Republicans call for fuelwood harvesting program to limit forest fire...
PROVIDENCE – R.I. House Republicans on Oct. 23 announced they have joined the R.I. Department of Environmental Management in calling for a comprehensive statewide...
R.I. Senate passes bill requiring coverage of colorectal screening
PROVIDENCE – Legislation requiring insurers to provide full coverage for colorectal cancer screening passed the R.I. Senate on Thursday, and is now bound for...
Senate again approves bill to prohibit housing discrimination by income source
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Senate has approved a bill that would prohibit landlords from using a lawful source of income as a basis for...
Bill would add R.I. to group of states willing to pay...
PROVIDENCE – Legislation filed at the end of January would add Rhode Island to a proposed multistate compact that aims to offer large sums...
T.F. Green Airport name will stay the same, for now
WARWICK – Despite passage of bills by the House and Senate to change the name of T.F. Green Airport to include “Rhode Island,” the...
GA approves Pawtucket Red Sox ballpark financing plan
(Updated at 10:41 a.m. with Senate vote)
PROVIDENCE — The Senate late Friday gave its approval to House-passed legislation financing a new Pawtucket Red Sox...
House raises compassion center fee to $250K in revised state budget
PROVIDENCE – The $9.6 billion revised budget approved by the House June 15 increases the yearly fee charged to the state’s three medical-marijuana distribution...
Five Questions With: Cynthia Coyne
Sen. Cynthia Coyne, D-Barrington, has introduced legislation that would allow property owners aged 60 and older to volunteer for their communities in exchange for...
Should the R.I. House put the Pawtucket Red Sox deal passed...
Another week, another PawSox controversy. Build Rhode Island, a labor/management support organization in the construction trades, commissioned and then released a poll gauging public...
