Rhode Island

The election defeat of House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello changes the Ocean State's political playing field as it faces a $275 million deficit.

East Providence, despite the pandemic, has several economic development projects in the pipeline, including brownfield conversions of oil tanks to mixed-use.

Gov. Gina Raimondo and top lawmakers want a clearer picture from Washington over coronavirus relief aid.

State officials would break up the Kennedy Plaza depot in Providence and create smaller hubs around the city, using bond money voters approved six years ago.

The governor said the group will craft recommendations to build economic resiliency and curb costs to prepare for a post-coronavirus future.

House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello has filed bills calling for a referendum on boosting the state's reserve balance to 10% of annual general revenue over a decade.

In 15 years at Wilshire Consulting, he worked with public and corporate pension funds, foundations, endowments and insurance companies.

The supplemental spending bill is unorthodox in normal times yet an increasingly common tactic among states during the coronavirus pandemic.

States that are projecting fiscal 2021 revenue declines of more than 15% include California, Colorado, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Vermont.

The Ocean State activated a dormant disaster board for emergency borrowing, a tool not available for other states in the region.