Rhode Island

Providence, R.I. Mayor Angel Taveras desires $39 million in federal TIGER grant money to help fund a streetcar project he called essential to the city's comeback.

Rhode Island's retirement system has moved to hire its first independent disability pension investigator, General Treasurer Gina Raimondo announced.

A federal judge in Rhode Island has agreed to let the state continue to implement electronic tolling equipment on the new Sakonnet River Bridge connecting Portsmouth and Tiverton.

Rhode Island could hurt itself "for decades" by not paying the $110 million moral obligation debt related to 38 Studios, municipal bond expert Matt Fabian told lawmakers.

Whether Rhode Island should pay $100 million of moral obligation debt related to the 38 Studios debacle triggered spirited discussion Thursday at the state capitol.

Muni finance expert Matt Fabian of Municipal Market Advisors will speak before a Rhode Island House panel about the pros and cons of paying moral obligation bonds for 38 Studios.

A bill to establish a municipal advisory council on statewide permitting to increase feedback from cities and towns won approval in the Rhode Island Senate with a 37-to-0 vote.

It's official: Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee is a Democrat. His second affiliation switch in six years could trigger an intriguing three-way primary in 2014.

Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee will join the Democratic Party on Thursday, a spokesman confirmed.

A federal court in Rhode Island denied a request from three communities for a temporary restraining order against tolls on the Sakonnet River Bridge.

Rhode Island's Pension Study Commission has summoned Coventry officials, who say they have no obligation to replenish an employee pension fund should it go broke.

Legal jousting began in Rhode Island between lawyers for the state and former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's failed video-game company, 38 Studios.

The Stephens Hopkins Center of Providence accuses Moody's of bias in its reporting about the repayment of moral obligation bonds in the 38 Studios controversy.

Creating a municipal road and bridge revolving fund is crucial to improving Rhode Island's roads and bridges, Treasurer Gina Raimondo told a House panel in Providence.

The board of the Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island should formalize its policy regarding administrative expenses charged to the plans within the system, according to a report.

Jan Brodie will take over May 20 as executive director of Rhode Island's I-195 Redevelopment District Commission.

Rhode Island Superior Court signed off on a pension overhaul agreement between Providence and its police officers, firefighters and retirees that Mayor Angel Taveras said possibly saved the capital city from filing for bankruptcy.

Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee nominated Marcel Valois to serve as executive director of the R.I. Economic Development Commission, one year after the 38 Studios fiasco.

The key substantive issues differ in the Stockton, Calif., and Central Falls, R.I., bankruptcy filings, said Theodore Orson, the Chapter 9 attorney for Central Falls.

A budget commission will begin moving East Providence back to local control, said Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee and Revenue Director Rosemary Booth Gallogly.