Rhode Island’s third-largest city, Warwick, faces growing questions about its budget outlook. To take a wider look at the fiscal health of the state’s municipalities, we sat down last week with executive director of the Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns Brian Daniels. In short, Daniels said the state’s municipalities have show improvement over the last decade, but that more serious concerns could be on the horizon.

One of the state’s top political reporters, Ian Donnis joined The Public’s Radio in 2009. Ian has reported on Rhode Island politics since 1999, arriving in the state just two weeks before the FBI...