Study: Ending car tax is affordable, depending on your priorities
An affordability study of eliminating what remains of the car tax in Rhode Island was released late Thursday afternoon, kicking off what is expected to be vigorous debate over the issue in 2021.
The R.I. Department of Revenue analysis was born out of a 2017 budget fight between the House and Senate over the car tax that resulted in that year s tax and spending plan being delayed by more than a month.
It estimates how much reimbursing cities and towns to get rid of the car tax will cost over the next several years in relation to state revenues, but forgoes opining on the fiscal wisdom of such an investment.
Slater Compassion Center PHOTO: GoLocal
A worker at a Rhode Island medical marijuana dispensary who reportedly drew a gun on a patient had previous multiple warrants out for his arrest.
GoLocal talked to multiple Rhode Island law enforcement agencies who had involvement with the worker, the Slater Compassion Center s valet Julio Davila.
All of these incidents, some of them violent, raise questions about who is working at these facilities and if any background checks are being conducted.
As Davila works for a contracted valet company, owned by a prominent Rhode Island businesswoman, he is not required to get a compassion center background check.
Senate OKs $12.75B state budget; now moves to Raimondo
Senate President Dominick Ruggerio, D-Providence, led the Senate session in which the fiscal 2021 budget was approved. PROVIDENCE The Senate approved a $12.75 billion state budget Friday night, midway through the fiscal year, offering a bridge to another year and a fresh round of budget talks within 12 weeks. The fiscal 2021 budget, which was delayed six months because of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on state operations, was approved…
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A month-by-month look at COVID-19 in Rhode Island
With two weeks still to go, December is already one of the worst months of the pandemic
By Dan McGowan Globe Staff,Updated December 18, 2020, 8:21 a.m.
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A health care worker carries a COVID-19 specimen from a motorist at a drive-thru testing site outside McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, R.I, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. The testing site was set up outside the minor league baseball stadium as a partnership with the state and ACCU Reference Medical Lab to help with demand for more testing amidst a surge in coronavirus cases.David Goldman/Associated Press