Gov. Raimondo signs fiscal 2021 budget
GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO signs the fiscal 2021 state budget on Monday. / COURTESY R.I. GOVERNOR S OFFICE PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo signed the $12.7 billion fiscal 2021 state budget Monday, and issued a short statement that reflected its continued spending on education, job training and economic development. The budget, approved last week by the General Assembly, includes $1.25 billion in extra federal money for the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.…
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Senate OKs $12.75B state budget; now moves to Raimondo
Senate President Dominick Ruggerio, D-Providence, led the Senate session in which the fiscal 2021 budget was approved. PROVIDENCE The Senate approved a $12.75 billion state budget Friday night, midway through the fiscal year, offering a bridge to another year and a fresh round of budget talks within 12 weeks. The fiscal 2021 budget, which was delayed six months because of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on state operations, was approved…
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R.I. House approves $12.75B state budget for fiscal 2021
REP. MARVIN ABNEY, D-Newport, the chairman of the House Finance Committee, discusses the fiscal 2021 state budget, which the House approved Wednesday. / COURTESY CAPITOL TV PROVIDENCE – The R.I. House approved a $12.75 billion budget Wednesday afternoon, one that distributes federal pandemic aid and general fund revenues among existing state programs and services. Designed as a bridge to the new year, it will cover the remaining six months in fiscal 2021, as well as the previous six months. It covers…
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House expected to vote Wednesday on $12.7B state budget for fiscal 2021
THE R.I. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES is expected to meet Wednesday to approve the fiscal 2021 budget, although not at the Rhode Island Statehouse. / PBN FILE PHOTO NICOLE DOTZENROD. PROVIDENCE – A budget nearly a year in the making and delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to be approved on Wednesday by the full R.I. House of Representatives, meeting as a body in a larger venue than their chamber. The fiscal 2021 budget, shaped over the past month by House Speaker-elect Joseph Shekarchi,…
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RI House Finance Chair Marvin Abney.
After months of not having a Fiscal Year 2021 budget, the Rhode Island General Assembly took a step closer on Wednesday.
The House Finance Committee voted 11-2 to approve a pared-down $12.75 billion state budget for the 2021 fiscal year that restores funding to cities and towns, uses federal coronavirus relief funds and does not raise taxes or fees.
The federal monies could have gone to support Rhode Island businesses and are now going to support government, aid to cities and towns, social services, and state colleges. GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST