Tag: R.i. Office Of Management And Budget
What should be state lawmakers’ top budget priority this year?
State lawmakers opened the 2024 legislative session on Jan. 2 with warnings any budget surplus at the end of the year will be much...
Uneasy money: Worries about returning to deficits hang over General Assembly
The warning flags have been raised: Rhode Island legislators are about to return to reality.
After two years of massive surpluses, state budget officials are...
General Assembly opens 2024 legislative session
PROVIDENCE – State lawmakers convened on Smith Hill Tuesday to officially start the 2024 legislative session, in which House and Senate leaders delivered opening...
Measure would create state-run retirement fund for small businesses
Michelle Rivera, policy director with Progreso Latino Inc., a nonprofit that does not offer retirement benefits to its employees, struggled with the process of...
R.I. DOA Director Thorsen stepping down, returning to U.S. Treasury Department
PROVIDENCE – James E. Thorsen on April 28 will step down from his role as the R.I. Department of Administration’s director after two years...
McKee prioritizes tax cuts, education in $13.8B budget for fiscal 2024
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Thursday released a $13.75 billion spending proposal for the next fiscal year, an increase of $148.6 million...
Five Questions With: Brian M. Daniels
Brian M. Daniels | Director, R.I. Office of Management and Budget
1. How does your work with the Rhode Island League of Cities and...
McKee proposes $12.8B budget that targets housing, COVID recovery
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Thursday released a $12.8 billion spending plan for next fiscal year that also seeks to commit over...
R.I. budget director to leave at end of Aug.
PROVIDENCE – Jonathan Womer, director of the R.I. Office of Management and Budget, will leave his position on Aug. 27, the R.I. Department of...
Reconstruction of North Bulkhead in Port of Galilee to continue into...
NARRAGANSETT – The state recently started a $5.2 million project to rehabilitate three commercial fishing piers in the Port of Galilee that are berths...



















