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MIXED RESULTS across key economic indicators hint that Rhode Island's economic growth stalled in the second quarter, according to a new report.

RIPEC, Bryant report: R.I. economic growth shows signs it stalled in...

PROVIDENCE – Mixed results in key economic indicators hint that the state’s economic growth stalled in the second, according to a report from the...
A NEW REPORT released Thursday from the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council has mixed results on the changes the R.I. General Assembly made this year to the education aid.

RIPEC: Some changes to education aid were positive but ‘reversed progress’...

PROVIDENCE – A new report released Thursday by the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council offers mixed views on the state’s changes to education aid...

RIPEC: Fiscal belt-tightening required with drying up of federal funds

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council, a nonprofit public policy research organization, on Wednesday published its analysis of Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s...
NAVIGATING SHORTAGES: 
R.I. environmental police officer Jacob Malone, left, checks the size of striped bass caught by two unidentified fishermen in Narragansett Bay. The R.I. Department of Environmental Management says staff shortages have made it difficult to schedule such law enforcement ­operations. 
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DAVID HANSEN

HELP WANTED: There are 1,700 unfilled state jobs, but has anyone...

Stacy Smith says the job for “front-line” workers at the R.I. Department of Human Services isn’t easy in normal times, but the labor market...

RIPEC, Bryant report: R.I. economy slowed in Q1

PROVIDENCE – The state’s economy has slowed despite improvement across most key measures, the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council and the Center for Global...
SENATE PRESIDENT Dominick J. Ruggerio has thrown his support behind legislation that would exempt businesses from being taxed on up to $100,000 of tangible property, such as office furniture or computer equipment. PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Momentum finally building for R.I. tangible tax exemption

Small-business owners in Rhode Island for years have called for a tangible asset tax exemption, but it could never gain enough support from state...

RIPEC: R.I. economy stalled in Q4

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s economic growth stalled in the fourth quarter of 2022 and continues to lag both the region and nation, according to...
GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE has proposed cutting the state's 7% sales tax to 6.85%, but not everybody's excited by the idea. / COURTESY GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE'S OFFICE

McKee’s sales tax cut too small to matter much, some observers...

Gov. Daniel J. McKee's proposal to cut the state's sales tax from 7% to 6.85% is getting a tepid reception from policy analysts and...

RIPEC: Rhode Island has not kept pace with other states on...

PROVIDENCE – As other states pass tax laws that improve their business climate, Rhode Island is falling farther behind, according to new analysis by...
RETURN TO THE ROSTRUM: Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio takes his place at the front of the Senate chambers on Jan. 3, the first day of the 2023 General Assembly session. It’s a position Ruggerio has held since 2017. 
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Surplus of question marks: Decisions on tax cuts, housing policies, education...

No one would blame the General Assembly leadership if it breathed a little easier in the 2023 legislative session. After all, the top Democratic leaders...
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