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A cloud of cash troubles is looming over Rhode Island as the state works to repair dozens of roads and bridges amid unpredictable funding.

The new numbers set the stage for final negotiations between the governor, the House speaker and the Senate president.

The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council is raising red flags about Gov. Dan McKee’s proposed fiscal 2025 budget, warning it would contribute to and worsen the state’s structural deficit in the years ahead. In a report published Thursday, the business-backed research organization said McKee’s proposed $13.7 billion spending plan fails to reflect the state’s economic […] The post RIPEC: McKee’s FY25 budget proposal makes structural deficit worse appear...

Neither the pension group nor state Treasurer James Diossa made a specific recommendation to lawmakers, who will now consider what to do.

The Rhode Island Pension Advisory Working Group’s Report has been released -- and sent to the General Assembly, General Treasurer James Diossa's office announced Monday.

While Gov. Dan McKee and his team submitted their budget plan last month, lawmakers have now started to go through it, with the potential to make changes.

After a 30 year career as a school speech and language pathologist, Nancy Gage retired, or so she thought.

On Friday, a new report asserts, “Rhode Island’s economy experienced positive results across most key economic indicators in Q4 2023.”

STORY OF THE WEEK : Will the real Rhode Island stand up? Is it the place where Gov. Dan McKee’s latest budget proposal “will help ensure our state reaches its fullest potential,” as …

We asked some of Rhode Island’s smartest policy minds to explain what they’d like to hear in the governor's address tonight.