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Don Carcieri orders 12 "shutdown days" and cuts municipal aid
Rhode Island Governor Don Carcieri has ordered 12 "shutdown days," along with cuts in municipal aid. These actions are needed to secure $67 million in savings. The 12 "shutdown days" will involve all nonessential ...
Furloughs for Rhode Island state employees?
As part of the recent budget, Governor Don Carcieri will need to cut more than $57 million from all state departments and $5 million from consultants. The Governor is looking at several options One part of the pla...
David Cicilliine Won't Raise Property Taxes...or Will He?
The House Finance Committee has proposed eliminating $55 million in revenue sharing for Rhode Island's cities and towns. A prudent person would have crafted a budget which eliminated revenue sharing from their revenue p...
Rhode Island's Budget: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Here's the proposed House budget for the next fiscal year. Just one warning: It's 224 pages long. I haven't had a chance to read the entire budget, but I have read some of it and perused some articles. ...
Guess What? I'm Wealthy!
I have some great news, and I wanted to take a moment to share it with all of you. I just found out I'm wealthy! I'm so excited about my new found status, that I'm thinking of making some changes. I think I'...
The State Budget Will Be Released on Wednesday
Things will begin to get interesting this Wednesday at 1pm. That's when the General Assembly will release their proposed budget for the next fiscal year. I doubt we will see $590 million in budget cuts, so br...
