- Rhode Island
Rhode Island Senate Finance Committee Chairman Daniel Da Ponte filed a bill that would require a limit for total bonded debt for state government, quasi-public and municipalities.
January 13 -
A report critical of Gov. Gina Raimondo's plan to toll trucks on Rhode Island's interstate highways stems from a trucking industry agenda, says a Raimondo spokeswoman.
January 13 -
Gov. Gina Raimondos plan to impose highway tolls on trucks in Rhode Island is based on faulty revenue projections, said a trucking industry-commissioned study.
January 12 - Rhode Island
Gov. Gina Raimondo named Richard Culatta, a former senior advisor to former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, as Rhode Islands first chief innovation officer.
January 12 -
Former Rhode Island House finance committee chairman Steven Costantino is scheduled to testify before an oversight panel about his role in the passage of the job creation guaranty program that provided a $75 million loan to failed video game company 38 Studios.
January 11 -
State Treasurer Seth Magaziner and revenue official Paul Dion will discuss tax credit programs before Rhode Islands House Oversight Committee in its latest 38 Studios-related hearing.
January 5 - Massachusetts
Early projections of diminished revenues at Plainridge Park Casino say little about the industrys long-term viability in Massachusetts, said gaming chief Stephen Crosby.
December 30 -
Rhode Island Treasurer Seth Magaziner called for an overhaul of state debt management, saying the 38 Studios fiasco is not the only example of poor practices.
December 2 -
Rhode Island selected Invesco and Ascencus to manage its $7 billion CollegeBoundfund 529 program, replacing AllianceBernstein.
November 20 -
A Rhode Island oversight panel voted to ask House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello to subpoena former baseball star Curt Schilling over the 38 Studios debacle.
November 20