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As Governor Carcieri prepares to outline spending cuts tonight, Grow Smart Rhode Island offers this: In a letter delivered to the Governor, Grow Smart Executive Director Scott Wolf stated, “With all the uncertainty created by economic conditions these...
One school of thought holds that poverty will always be with us. Perhaps, but that overlooks the fact that government, however flawed, can make an important difference for the better on important issues. Two examples: 1) The federal government, through...
From Governor Carcieri's office: Governor Donald L. Carcieri will discuss the State of Rhode Island's financial situation and outline details of his FY 09 supplemental budget during a live, televised address on Wednesday, January 7, 2009. The...
Word comes today of a January 9 legislative hearing on Governor Carcieri's global Medicaid waiver , which he bills as a big money-saver for the state. Some Rhode Islanders, such as the author of this letter to the editor in today's ProJo, see...
Governor Carcieri touts a federal Medicaid waiver as a ticket to savings in the Rhode Island budget, but it seems as if an awful lot of questions about how this will work remain unanswered. Given how the Ocean State has a very high percentage of elderly...
In a switch, House Speaker William J. Murphy -- often described as the holder of the most powerful position in state government -- is taking a wait-and-see approach to just how long he wants to remain Mr. Speaker. During a taping this morning of WPRI...
-- Speaking of Costantino : -- He said Governor Carcieri needs to put forward a budget -- preferably in January -- before the General Assembly can move ahead with the process. In terms of economic development, Costantino says more needs to done to capitalize...
In a state with a history of ethically challenged behavior, the Rhode Island State Police has long had a well-deserved reputation for integrity. And when Channel 12's Tim White looked at the prevalence of accidental disability pensions in Rhode Island...
My friend Tim White has been doing an excellent series on WPRI-TV, Probing Pensions , looking at the high cost of overly generous pensions at a time when Rhode Island and its cities and towns continue to struggle with budget issues. His latest report...
UPDATE: ON SECOND THOUGHT . While it might not look good for Democratic legislators to skip the gov's conference, by and large, it's worth remembering that politics is personal. Governor Carcieri and his lieutenants spent a good part of recent...
Steve Laffey, the unannounced Republican gubernatorial candidate for 2010, recently took a cross-country tour with his family, landing in time to see C.C. Sabathia make his first outing for the Brewers. Laffey says visiting Mount Rushmore was the top...
Considering how RI is so deep in the hole, Governor Carcieri's expression of support for eliminating the state income tax seemed grounded in philosophical abstraction. Nonetheless, it was enough to stir his opponents. Rhode Islanders to protest Governor...
Steve Peoples has the details from today's Revenue and Caseload Estimating Conference at the State House. "The worst is not over by any means," said Mike Lynch, an analyst with the firm Global Insight. "We see little cause for any optimism...
Could be interesting, given the news about the state finishing the last budget year in the red . WHAT: The Rhode Island Economic Policy Council (EPC) will be held at the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC). The following is the agenda...
Here's one of the best bits from Kathy Gregg and Steve Peoples's report yesterday on how the State of Rhode Island, "for the first time in modern accounting history," ended a budget year in the red due to overspending . Asked yesterday...
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