Tag: RhodeWorks
McKee proposes $14.2B state budget that ‘bends the cost curve’
PROVIDENCE – Seeking to “right-size” state government, Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Thursday released his $14.2 billion spending proposal for the next fiscal year,...
FALLING SHORT: Projected $330M deficit has General Assembly prepping for belt-tightening
For Rhode Island legislators, what’s old is new again.
After three years of surpluses, state budget officials are now projecting that the government is facing...
Federal appeals court partially upholds R.I. truck-tolling program
PROVIDENCE – More than two years after a judge ruled in favor of the trucking industry in halting the state’s controversial tolling program used...
Washington Bridge looms over FY2025 transportation budget hearing
PROVIDENCE – What would typically be a routine budget hearing for the head of the R.I. Department of Transportation in any other year quickly...
McKee administration formally appeals ruling against truck tolls
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee's administration on Wednesday filed a formal notice that it is appealing a federal judge's order to shut down...
Most-read stories on PBN.com, September 2022
1. R.I. misses out on $1B in federal funding for economic projects POSTED ONLINE: SEPT. 2 Ambitions to jump-start the state’s biotech and blue economies with...
RIDOT celebrates reopening of Cottrell Bridge in Westerly
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Transportation along with state, federal and local officials celebrated the reopening of the Cottrell Bridge in Westerly Monday.
The $5.5 million...
U.S. judge favors trucking industry over RhodeWorks tolls
PROVIDENCE – The trucking industry scored a significant legal victory in federal court Wednesday against the state’s transportation department over the controversial truck tolling...
State breaks ground on $12.9M Airport Connector renovations
WARWICK – Rhode Island’s “welcome mat” – as Gov. Daniel J. McKee describes the 1-mile road – is getting a makeover as part of...
U.S. should join, not block, China’s Belt and Road
The Belt and Road Initiative is China’s new, massive Silk Road. The ancient Silk Road was a trade route between China and Eastern Europe....