Budget by the numbers
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Carcieri's balancing act
PROVIDENCE -- Governor Carcieri is proposing a $6.2-billion state budget that freezes an array of local-aid programs, raises state college tuitions by as much as 8.9 percent and makes the state's famously generous pension plan a little less...
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A lean menu for cities and towns
PROVIDENCE -- Property owners, get out your checkbooks.
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State colleges curb tuition hike
PROVIDENCE -- Higher education officials say they are sticking with lower estimates for tuition and fee increases at the three state colleges and will add more students, rather than raise prices as high as Governor Carcieri's budget proposes.
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Budget boosts aid to public schools, with focus on cities
By proposing to give school districts $12.5 million in additional aid, Governor Carcieri seems to be avoiding the blood bath that occurred last year, when he sought to spend $5.7 million more on charter schools while cutting nearly $8 million from...
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6 new nursing home inspectors proposed
Amid calls for stronger oversight of Rhode Island's 100 nursing homes, Governor Carcieri's budget proposes to add six new nursing home inspectors to the Health Department's Office of Facilities Regulation.
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6 more fire inspectors would cost $250,000
PROVIDENCE -- Continuing the annual expansion of the state fire marshal's staff since the 2003 fire at The Station nightclub, Governor Carcieri's new budget proposes six more fire inspectors, at a cost of about $250,000.
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RIPTA told to check spending
PROVIDENCE -- Governor Carcieri has drawn a line in the sand with his new budget, telling the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority to spend only the money it has coming in, not what it thinks it needs to spend, to run the state's bus system.
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More money for children with behavior problems
Psychiatric hospital admissions and intensive residential programs continue to drive up costs at the Department of Children, Youth and Families.
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Emergency-room costs could go up for RIte Care
As every parent knows, children tend to get sick when their doctor's office is closed. For many, including those enrolled in the state's RIte Care program, after-hours sickness means a trip to the emergency room.
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Carcieri proposes repealing insurer's tax exemption
PROVIDENCE -- Beacon Mutual Insurance Co.'s tax exemption not only deprives the state of about $3 million in tax revenue but also affords the workers' compensation insurer an "unfair advantage" in the marketplace, Governor Carcieri said yesterday.
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The impact
Adult Correctional Institutions: A drop in the number of inmates at the Adult Correctional Institutions is translating into a decline in the amount of taxpayer support needed for the state's prisons in the budget proposed yesterday by Governor...
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