Rhode Island

Rhode Island Treasurer Seth Magaziner has been named 2016 financial literacy committee chairman for the National Association of State Treasurers.

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo is scheduled to deliver her annual budget address with jobs, economic development and truck tolls her expected focus.

Former Providence Mayor ‘Buddy’ Cianci, who oversaw a revival of Rhode Island’s capital city but also served five years in prison, dies at age 74.

Without new growth drivers, Rhode Island's economy will continue to drift, according to a report by think tank Brookings Institution.

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.

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.

Gov. Gina Raimondo’s plan to impose highway tolls on trucks in Rhode Island is based on faulty revenue projections, said a trucking industry-commissioned study.

Gov. Gina Raimondo named Richard Culatta, a former senior advisor to former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, as Rhode Island’s first chief innovation officer.

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.

State Treasurer Seth Magaziner and revenue official Paul Dion will discuss tax credit programs before Rhode Island’s House Oversight Committee in its latest 38 Studios-related hearing.