News

The end is here: Assault weapons ban, state budget, housing top RI lawmakers' final-day agenda
With Congress debating a federal spending bill with major cuts to Medicaid and the food assistance program known as SNAP, ...
House passes $14.3B state budget with tax on vacation homes, money for doctors
The budget includes $45 million for primary care practices, $38 million for hospitals and $12 million for nursing homes. A ...
Rhode Island House approves $14.3 billion state budget
The Rhode Island House of Representatives have approved a $14.3 billion state budget for the 2026 fiscal year.
Taxes, fees going up in $14.3 billion RI budget as federal relief wanes
The release of the compromise tax-and-spending plan kicks off the final frantic stretch of the General Assembly’s annual ...
Big, beautiful?: RI's reworked state budget is almost ready. Here's what to look for.
First, Gov. McKee presented the $14.2B budget. Then, the General Assembly had to take it and rework it to plug the holes.
Just what the doctor ordered: RI's medical community is cheering the proposed state budget
AG Peter Neronha thanked lawmakers "for understanding the severity of Rhode Island’s health care crisis and meeting the ...
The Public's Radio3d
RI House passes $14.3 billion budget with more healthcare money
The Rhode Island House of Representatives used a speedy three-hour debate Tuesday to pass a $14.3 billion budget for the ...
USA Today12d
Big, beautiful?: RI's reworked state budget is almost ready. Here's what to look for.
Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee's revised ... "millionaire's tax" − on income above $625,000. In a budget that big and sprawling across state government, some of McKee's proposals stood out.