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Common Cause of Rhode Island’s John Marion on the General Assembly session, good government, and President Trump
The Public's Radio - Rhode Island
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June 20, 2025
The rise of Val Lawson as president of the Rhode Island Senate put questions of conflict of interest front and center at the Statehouse this year. That’s because Lawson also serves as president of one of the state’s largest teachers’ unions....
Rhode Island OKs $17 Minimum Wage, But Experts Warn of Lost Entry-Level Jobs
Newport Buzz - Rhode Island
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June 19, 2025
In a vote Wednesday, the Rhode Island General Assembly passed legislation to raise the state’s minimum wage from $15 to $17 by Jan. 1, 2027. Under the bill, wage earners would see a $1 bump to $16 next year and then another to $17 the following...
Rhode Island Senate Finance Committee approves $14.3 billion budget
WLNE - Rhode Island
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June 19, 2025
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Rhode Island Senate Finance Committee has approved the state’s budget for fiscal year 2026. But there are some draw backs for some state agencies. The $14.3 billion spending plan includes money to protect Medicaid and...
Amgen Rhode Island
Providence Business News - Rhode Island
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June 20, 2025
Best Places to Work 2025 Awards #1 ENTERPRISE COMPANIES: Amgen Rhode Island Local Employees: 860 Rhode Island Vice President of Site Operations: Brian Britson Questions answered by: Brian Britson What three words best describe your staff?...
CT public retirement plan updated with employer fines, deduction increases
Connecticut Inside Investigator
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June 23, 2025
Connecticut employers who do not have an approved retirement plan for their employees can now be directly penalized with fines ranging from $500 to $1,500, depending on the size of their company, for not participating in the state retirement...
Are Rhode Island insurers doing enough to help curb rising health care costs?
Providence Business News - Rhode Island
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June 20, 2025
Hospital and drug costs accounted for most of the 7.8% rise in health care spending in the state in 2023, according to a May report from the Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner. Spending rose across all major insurance markets. In the...
Health insurers vow to speed approval of medical care
CBS News
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UnitedHealthcare , Kaiser Permanente and other major U.S. health insurers say they want to make it faster and easier for patients to obtain care. Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), a trade association that represents the health insurance industry,...
Rhode Island House approves $13.9 billion budget with new real estate taxes
Straight Arrow News
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June 18, 2025
Rhode Island could add a “Taylor Swift Tax” to charge semi-vacant mansion owners thousands more. State lawmakers are working on a budget that includes two significant changes to real estate taxes. The state House of Representatives approved the...
Uber and Lyft fighting against laws to make rideshare services safer in multiple states, according to reports
The Independent
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June 23, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Rhode Island legislators advance bill banning smoking at casinos to Senate floor
Yogonet International
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June 18, 2025
A Rhode Island Senate panel advanced on Tuesday legislation to end smoking at casinos, positioning it for consideration by the full chamber. The plan is protested by Bally’s Corporation, which estimates that Rhode Island could lose between $30...
Letter: House budget was a much better deal for Rhode Islanders
Independent - Rhode Island
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Thank goodness for Speaker Shekarchi and the House Finance Committee. In January, they were given a budget proposal from the governor that was severely lacking in what this state and its residents need. It also included large funding gaps and...
Dr. Rosemary Costigan Named President of Community College of Rhode Island
RI News Today - Rhode Island
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June 19, 2025
Council on Postsecondary Education Names Dr. Rosemary Costigan as President of Community College of Rhode Island Rhode Island Council on Postsecondary Education voted unanimously today to name Rosemary Costigan, Ph.D., R.N. as president of...
Rhode Island Hemp Drinks Ban Bill Scaled Back To Instead Request Officials Make Recommendations For Intoxicating Product Rules
Marijuana Moment
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June 18, 2025
“Any potential updates would follow a thoughtful and transparent process, with stakeholder input and public engagement.” By Christopher Shea, Rhode Island Current A proposed ban on hemp-derived THC beverages has morphed into a request for state...
Rhode Island can do more. Lawmakers must strengthen support for needy families.
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Rhode Island Works, the state’s cash assistance and workforce development program, is designed to help very low-income families meet their basic needs — like food, housing, child care, and health care. The revised House budget for Rhode Island’s...
Rhode Island is poised to end high-interest payday loans
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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After more than a decade of trying, advocates are on the brink of repealing the law that lets “payday lenders” charge high annual interest rates for short-term loans in Rhode Island. On Monday, the House voted 70 to 0 for the legislation, with...
Appalling Lack of Leadership Forces Rhode Island Into Breakdown Lane
ecoRI News - Rhode Island
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June 19, 2025
It requires a Rhode Island high school student to succinctly capture the state’s idiocy, or, more likely, its lack of giving a damn about people who rely on public transit. Earlier this month, colleague Colleen Cronin reported on a group of...
How the discontinuation of the penny may affect RI small businesses
Providence Journal - Rhode Island
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Production of the penny is nearing an end following an order from President Donald Trump. Rhode Island small business owners are unsure about rounding prices. Lucky pennies litter the sidewalk, copper twinkling in the sun, waiting to be picked up...
X Games got its start in Rhode Island 30 years ago
Providence Journal - Rhode Island
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The first X Games, originally called the Extreme Games, debuted in Rhode Island in 1995 and featured unconventional sports such as street luge and skysurfing. ESPN created the X Games to attract a younger audience interested in alternative sports,...
Juneteenth celebrations and educational events kick off across Rhode Island
WLNE - Rhode Island
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June 19, 2025
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Today is Juneteenth, a solemn and celebratory date, commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union Army Major General Gordan Granger rode into Galveston, Texas and announced that enslaved...
Rhode Island House approves $14.3 billion state budget
WJAR - Rhode Island
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(WJAR) — The Rhode Island House of Representatives have approved a $14.3 billion state budget for the 2026 fiscal year. The House on Tuesday voted 66-9 to approve the bill. A key component of the budget is healthcare. The revised budget includes...