Tag: Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns
BUDGET CRUNCH: Revenue is down, deficit is up, and R.I. still...
Pawtucket Mayor Donald R. Grebien never thought he’d have to close down his city on Fridays to save money, but in the absence of...
No more waiting: Time for hard decisions on the state budget
State leaders are about to finally get to work – several months too late – determining the near-term fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic on...
Cities, towns irked by lack of aid, withholding of revenue
As government coffers shrink, financial tensions between Rhode Island municipal and state leaders are growing.
The Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns recently criticized...
Unkindest cuts: Many casualties expected as R.I. begins ‘brutal’ budget process
The future looked encouraging for Karen Santilli just a few months ago.
In mid-January, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo released a $10.2 billion fiscal 2021 budget...
Budget deficit, lottery contract, minimum wage among controversial issues facing General...
As Rhode Island lawmakers return for the 2020 legislative session on Jan. 7, some of the most pressing questions they’re expected to face this...
Providence giving troubled e-scooter, e-bike programs another go, but not everybody’s...
Seemingly overnight, rentable electric bikes and scooters began popping up on Providence streets last year. The Creative Capital was in the regional vanguard of...
Raimondo enacts continuing contracts and firefighter overtime bills
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo made two pieces of controversial legislation law Tuesday morning, one with her signature, the other without, the governor’s...
Is GA tipping scales toward labor?
Republican Rep. Brian C. Newberry thinks unions wield too much power in Rhode Island and worries the General Assembly, controlled by Democrats, will tip...
‘We’re not going to stop [legal pot]’
Amid the rolling fields and wooded hills outside Worcester, Mass., people park their cars in a dirt lot then take a shuttle bus to...
Proposed firefighter overtime rules should be a nonstarter
Rhode Island ranks as the highest-spending state in the nation in terms of fire protection, according to the most recent Rhode Island Public Expenditure...
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