Rhode Island faces a big financial gap as Governor Gina Raimondo prepares to unveil her first budget Thursday. State law requires a balanced spending…
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Scott MacKay Commentary: Raimondo's Budget Challenges And Secrecy
Gov. Gina Raimondo is scheduled to release her first state budget on Thursday. Part of the challenge is to slash a projected $190 million deficit. So…
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Liberians In Rhode Island Cheer News Of Country’s Last Ebola Patient
Members of Rhode Island’s Liberian community are cheering news that the last Ebola patient in Liberia has been released. But many remain concerned about…
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Medicaid Faces Challenges Nationwide, But Few States Cutting Benefits
A working group appointed by Governor Gina Raimondo has just held its first meeting. Their task: to reinvent Medicaid, the state’s health insurance…
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How Other States Are Trying To Cut Medicaid Costs
In Connecticut, Gov. Dannel Malloy has proposed deep cuts to Medicaid to help close a $1.3 billion dollar state budget deficit. Arielle Levin Becker…
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Gov. Raimondo Tackles Rhode Island’s High Medicaid Costs
Governor Gina Raimondo is asking a group of healthcare leaders to tackle the cost of Medicaid. The program provides healthcare for poor and elderly…
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Raimondo: Abuses At Slater Hospital Are “Unacceptable”
State police and state and federal health officials are investigating the apparent abuse of three patients with profound disabilities at the state-run…
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State Department Of Health Director Michael Fine Resigns
State Department of Health chief Doctor Michael Fine is stepping down. Governor Gina Raimondo announced the state’s top public health official’s…
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Women & Infants Hospital Lays Off Dozens Of Workers
Women & Infants hospital is laying off 41 employees and reducing hours for half a dozen others. The hospital blames the job cuts on dropping birth…
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Debrief: What Could A Strike At RI Hospital Mean?
Workers at Rhode Island Hospital have threatened to strike as contract negotiations reach an impasse. A federal mediator has been called in to help…
