A brief list of bills from the 2017 General Assembly session that Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has signed so far:
Education
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Democrats Face-Off In Special Primary To Fill Providence City Council Seat
Providence holds a primary Wednesday in a special election for the City Council seat vacated by Kevin Jackson.
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Local Schools Will Be Strapped For Aid Amid Budget Stalemate
Rhode Island’s budget standoff shows no signs of being resolved by the state’s feuding legislative leaders, and it’s threatening to affect state aid to…
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Financial Adviser Sued Over 38 Studios Still Has Many Government Clients
Remember Rhode Island’s disastrous deal with former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling? The state invested $75 million of taxpayer dollars in Schilling’s…
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Former Rep. Raymond Gallison Scheduled To Report To Prison
Gallison was sentenced to more than four years in prison after pleading guilty to nine different counts, including mail and wire fraud, filing false tax…
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Scott MacKay Commentary: RI Statehouse Pols Forget To Put Public First
Rhode Island is now a week into a new fiscal year without an approved budget. RIPR political analyst Scott MacKay says the longer this goes on, the…
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RI Attorney General Joins Suit Against US Education Secretary
Attorney General Peter Kilmartin joined 19 other attorneys general this week, in suing U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for suspending Obama-era…
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Gov. Raimondo Says Government Won’t Shut Down Amid Budget Impasse
State government will not shut down, even as Rhode Island moves into a new fiscal year without a new budget. Lawmakers in Rhode Island’s House and…
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Calculator Seeks To Help Prospective Students Understand The True Cost Of College
Fifteen colleges, including seven in New England, are now offering an easy way for college applicants to figure out how much their education will cost….
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Budget Cuts, Voucher Programs Take Center Stage At National Education Association Meeting
The country’s largest teacher’s union, the National Education Association, wraps up its 155 th annual meeting Wednesday, in Boston.
