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06/02/2023 |
House Finance Committee approves 2024 state budget bill
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The House Finance Committee has approved a $14 billion budget for the 2024 fiscal year that commits funding toward addressing the housing crisis, supports business development and makes education funding more equitable while limiting the use of one-time revenue to one-time expenditures.
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06/01/2023 |
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05/31/2023 |
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05/26/2023 |
House passes all 14 bills in Speaker Shekarchi’s package of housing legislation
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Earlier this year, House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi introduced a 14-bill package of legislation to address Rhode Island’s housing crisis. As of yesterday, all 14 bills have been passed by the House of Representatives.
The legislation builds upon housing packages that Speaker Shekarchi shepherded into law each of the last two years’ sessions by continuing his efforts to streamline housing development while increasing production.
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05/19/2023 |
Speaker Shekarchi introduces legislation to create life science hub
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House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi yesterday introduced legislation to create a life science hub in Rhode Island. The legislation (2023-H 6426) would create a new quasi-public corporate body and agency of the state for the express purpose of acting as the central entity and coordinating organization of life science initiatives on behalf of the state.
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05/18/2023 |
Equality in Abortion Coverage Act enacted
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Following a 24-12 vote in the Senate today that granted approval by the General Assembly, the Equality in Abortion Coverage Act has been signed into law. Sponsored by Sen. Bridget Valverde and House Majority Whip Katherine S. Kazarian, the EACA will provide insurance coverage for abortion care to individuals on Medicaid as well as state employees.
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