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Leaning on fewer people for more revenue is risky for R.I.

I spend a lot of time walking factory floors, sitting with founders and shaking hands with people trying to build something in Rhode Island.  Not once in those conversations...

Tread lightly with taxes on city visitors

Providence leaders have some tough decisions to make to close an estimated $14 million fiscal 2026 budget gap. Mayor Brett P. Smiley has already warned...
ODD DECISION: Director Kyra Sedgwick’s film “Space Oddity,” which has been shooting in North Kingstown, has applied for $1.5 million in state tax credits. The state film office recently began asking companies seeking such tax credits not to identify themselves on applications, which are public documents. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FILM & TELEVISION OFFICE

More transparency, accountability needed in state film program

Producers of a feature film being shot in Rhode Island are seeking just over $22 million in state tax credits. But everyone outside of a...
A RENDERING OF THE PROPOSED "Ballpark at Slater Mill." / COURTESY PAWTUCKET RED SOX

Will the PawSox agree to the newly revised Pawtucket ballpark legislation,...

Following months of hearings, the Senate Finance Committee has revised proposed legislation to formalize the deal between the state, the city of Pawtucket and...
LEGISLATION INTRODUCED this month in the General Assembly proposes creating a statewide water authority to centralize oversight and operations of the 490 public water-supply systems in Rhode Island. / COURTESY ­PROVIDENCE WATER SUPPLY BOARD

This plan tying water revenue to pension liabilities is all wet

The post-retirement benefit Armageddon that awaits Providence has inspired a state legislator to offer up a bill that would help the city deal with...
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