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Lardaro: R.I. economy starts Q2 on ‘disappointing note’
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Despite some signs of strength, the Ocean State economy turned in an overall “disappointing” performance in April, according to University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro, who released his Current Conditions Index on Monday. Lardaro’s CCI, which ... Read More »
IRS Workers Say Supervisors Directed Targeting
Two Internal Revenue Service agents working in the agency’s Cincinnati office say higher-ups in Washington directed the targeting of conservative political groups when they applied for tax-exempt status, a contention that directly contradicts claims made by the agency since the ... Read More »
RI’s Top 50 Highest Paid State Employees
The top 50 highest paid state employees collectively earned more than $10 million last year and include a university president and a controversial department administrator, as well as nurses, corrections officers, and athletic coaches. The highest paid state employee is ... Read More »
OCDE prevê recessão mais profunda, derrapagem no défice nominal e dívida acima de 130%
Os cálculos da organização sedeada em Paris apontam para um horizonte mais sombrio para a Zona Euro e Portugal, podendo comprometer os cenários usados pelo Governo e troika no ajustamento português. A Organização para a Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Económico (OCDE) ... Read More »
Council and Mayor Battle Business Tax Rate: Budget Moves Forward
In a heated Providence City Council Ways and Means Committee hearing Tuesday night, the committee voted not to approve the Mayor’s budget for fiscal year 2014, but did move it to the full council for consideration. “This is rare indeed,” ... Read More »
Rhode Island’s Most Dangerous Bridges
One fifth of all the bridges in Rhode Island are structurally deficient, according to a GoLocalProv analysis of state data. All told, 157 out of 763 bridges were structurally deficient as of this September, which means that they are either ... Read More »
Stores sanctioned for food stamp violations in RI
Fewer than two percent of all certified food stamp retailers in Rhode Island were disqualified by from accepting EBT cards in 2012, but a reform advocate says that figure is just the tip of the iceberg of a fraud problem ... Read More »
Providence Pension Projection Data Raising Questions
As the Providence City Council’s Ways and Means Committee has been holding hearings on Mayor Taveras’ fiscal year 2014 budget proposal, the health of the City’s pension fund continues to come under close examination — and scrutiny of its unfunded liability ... Read More »
The IRS Scandal: Will It Sink Obama?
While Americans have gradually come to realize that the Internal Revenue Service was used as a partisan tool to attack the Tea Party movement over two election cycles, it is increasingly clear this scandal may become the biggest of the ... Read More »
INVESTIGATION: Fire Districts Break Property Tax Cap
More than half the fire districts in Rhode Island exceeded the statewide property tax cap at least once in the last three years, according to new data obtained from the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council. Under state law, cities and ... Read More »