Rhode Island

Xay Khamsyvoravong, chairman of the Providence Water Supply Board, explains how this trending accounting tool could help offset Rhode Island’s local pension liabilities. Paul Burton hosts.

Gov. Gina Raimondo’s planned 20-year, $1 billion extension of a gambling technology contract with IGT sets off the state's latest bare-knuckle political fracas.

Including other post-employment benefit liabilities more accurately reflects debt levels, said state Treasurer Seth Magaziner.

Lawmakers' $9.97 billion spending plan includes $200 million in Garvee bonds for I-95 in Providence but not Gov. Gina Raimondo's call to legalize cannabis.

The judge ruled for Peter Cannava, who had denied wrongdoing even after Wells Fargo and other defendants settled charges.

The $42 million sale comes as water infrastructure is emerging as a priority priority for municipal issuers.

The Garvee bonds would fund the reconstruction of the stretch through downtown Providence.

Thirty-five local plans carry a combined unfunded liability of roughly $2.5 billion, a slight increase from last year, a state report says.

The court shouldn't accept banker Peter Cannava's "narrow and cramped view of materiality,” the SEC urged.

Seth Magaziner's strategies mingle school construction borrowing and debt-management sessions with victims compensation, college savings and a small-business program.

Cannava argues that emails, witness statements, and other evidence cast doubt on the SEC's claims that he acted recklessly.

Fallout from a decision against Warwick, Rhode Island's two-tiered firefighter system raises red flags, says pension expert James Spiotto.

Banker Peter Cannava may be left to battle on alone, after the Securities and Exchange Commission and Wells Fargo told a federal court they have an agreement.

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo submitted a $9.9 billion fiscal 2020 plan to lawmakers, which anticipates $6.5 million from the legalization of recreational marijuana.

The bank has long funded wastewater, renewable energy and brownfield remediation projects.

Growth in "eds and meds" has bolstered the Rhode Island capital, the rating agency said in a comparison with New Jersey's capital.

Brock, the deputy director of the state's retirement system, will succeed Patrick Marr, who is moving to the private sector.

Moody's Investors Service raised the city three notches to Baa3.

Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo and Republican Cranston Mayor Allan Fung will duel in November's general election.

The Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island received the highest form of recognition from GFOA for its 2017 CAFR.