The Senate on Friday approved the $7.8 billion state budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1 passed by the House the day before, sending the bill on to Gov. Donald L. Carcieri ...
Gov. Donald L. Carcieri appeared before a Senate committee on Wednesday to support legislation that could jump-start an offshore wind farm project, the same day the attorney general came out against the bill ...
Gov. Donald L. Carcieri decided to release more than $33 million in auto tax payments to cities and towns Thursday, giving up on part of his plan to close a $219 million hole in this year’s state budget ...
R.I. Gov. Donald L. Carcieri has requested more time to put together his proposed budget for the next fiscal year, which starts July 1. With tax revenue forecast to keep falling, the state faces a projected shortfall of $197 million ...
Gov. Donald L. Carcieri has proposed closing a $218 million hole in this year’s state budget with cuts in spending for local education, aid to cities and towns, one-time land sales that include the Veterans Memorial Auditorium and other savings ...
Sinking to new lows ... Phillipe and Jorge are coming late to this fight, as last week’s column was already filed when the announcement was made that Governor Donald Carcieri — Governor Ghoul to you — had vetoed a bill giving domestic partners the right to claim the bodies of and make funeral arrangements for the people with whom they shared their lives ... Read more ...
Despite protests from Gov. Donald L. Carcieri, lawmakers are not expected to tackle the state’s mounting multimillion-dollar budget shortfall when they reconvene next week for a rare fall special session. Instead, they plan to wrap up work left … ...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri said late Tuesday his administration is succeeding with its plan to shave $36 million from the state budget through wage cuts and the six-month postponement of a raise scheduled for next July ...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri and several state employee unions said in a court filing this afternoon they have reached a tentative agreement that would avoid a shutdown of state government and the layoff of 1,000 workers ...