Browse by Tags
All Tags »
budget (
RSS)
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...
Speaking generically, Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian says that closing the door to renewed negotiations isn't a good practice and that it has negative consequences. He made the remark in response to a question I asked this morning during a taping of...
In separate segments, Colonel Brendan Doherty of the Rhode Island State Police and Dennis Grilli, executive director of AFSCME's Council 94 , are the guests this week on WPRI/WNAC-TV's Newsmakers . Tim White fills in as host for the vacationing...
Here's the word from the Gov: Governor Donald L. Carcieri today issued an Executive Order authorizing that all employees represented by unions that have not ratified the co-share and plan design changes outlined in the Memorandum of Settlement shall...
The standoff between Governor Carcieri and Council 94 mostly resembles a game of chicken, with two vehicles hurtling toward one another and the question unanswered as yet of whether one will swerve out of the way. Gubernatorial fan John DePetro today...
This just in: The final vote of the election previewed today by Steve Peoples was 2870 (against) to 196 (for). In a statement, executive director Dennis Grilli says he will be in touch with the state about renewing negotiations to seek a new proposed...
Tourism is a $5 billion industry in Rhode Island , and with ongoing budget woes (and high gas prices), you'd hope the state might be able to realize more revenue from this sector. To some, the state has an excess of tourism-related agencies. They...
The cause of regionalization hasn't moved forward much in Rhode Island, or so it seems. But Nick Gorham is trying. Representative Nicholas Gorham to Host Westconnaug Board Meeting Thursday, July 10, 2008 7:00 p.m. South Foster Fire Department Building...
1
2 3 4 5 Next > ...
Last »
