Tag: R.I. Senate
Senate approves record $14B state budget
PROVIDENCE – It’s all over but the signing.
By a 32-4 vote, the R.I. Senate on Thursday approved a $14 billion fiscal 2024 budget, a...
R.I. Senate confirms cannabis regulatory panel
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Senate on Tuesday unanimously confirmed three members to the state’s Cannabis Control Commission, which will be charged with crafting...
House OKs bill that would require insurers to cover the cost...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. House of Representatives has approved a bill that would require health insurers to cover the full cost of epinephrine injectors,...
Pawtucket marijuana dispensary removes billboards along I-95
PROVIDENCE – A Pawtucket marijuana dispensary has removed the three advertising billboards it had erected along Interstate 95, WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported Monday.
The R.I....
R.I. tax income from recreational cannabis trails projections by 25%
Rhode Island’s budding recreational marijuana industry has a marketing problem. Just ask Jonathan Leighton, general manager of Mother Earth Wellness.
“Most people in Rhode Island...
O’Donnell nominated to serve on R.I. Commerce Corp. board
PROVIDENCE – Carol O’Donnell, who has more than 34 years of experience in the construction and sales industries, on Monday was nominated by Gov....
Legislation to cap copays for diabetes supplies, equipment passes Senate
PROVIDENCE – The Senate has approved legislation that would limit insured patients’ copays for supplies and equipment used to treat diabetes.
The bill, sponsored by...
Bill allowing retired educators to substitute longer awaits McKee’s signature
PROVIDENCE – The General Assembly has passed legislation that would temporarily suspend the limit on the number of days retired public school teachers and...
R.I. primary reform debate reemerges in 2023 legislative session
The series of crowded, September state and local primaries that crowned victors with less than 50% of the vote reignited calls for voting reform...
McKee picks 6 judicial nominees
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Friday appointed six judicial nominees for R.I. Senate approval to fill vacancies on the R.I. Superior Court,...
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