Reality Check: RI's Unsustainable $13B state Budget-Taxpayers Continue to Shoulder the Burden7/25/2022
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Out-of-control spending, government mismanagement, lack of solutions and common sense vision for everyday Rhode Islanders...that is what we see in the FY23 budget passed by the General Assembly and signed by the Governor.
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The $13.6B "increasingly opaque" RI State Budget was a statement of values and priorities -- where the special interests won over RI's struggling taxpayers. House GOP attempted to address some of the budget's shortcomings, but all 11 amendments were shot down. Here are a few government priorities where a budget surplus of $877M and a federal influx of $1.8B in ARPA funds were not deemed important enough to consider.
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Representative George Nardone addresses a fiscal relief plan he sponsored for the Central Coventry Fire District, using $1.3M of the federal ARPA funds:
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Representative George Nardone responds to Central Coventry Fire District request for ARPA funds to remain solvent.
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State House, Providence – In response to the Providence Journal’s April 1, 2022 Hummel Report, which indicated that the Central Coventry Fire District will need to cease operations by June without state assistance, Representative George Nardone offers the following statement:
Children First: R.I. House Republicans to Submit Floor Amendment to End State School Mask Mandate2/8/2022
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State House, Providence, RI – Rhode Island House Republicans will submit an amendment to the Joint Resolution on Emergency Powers to be debated on the House Floor Thursday. If passed, the amendment will effectively end the Governor’s school mask mandate on February 14, 2022. The Caucus issued the following statement:
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Legislation calls for Representatives and Senators to take a stand on Governor’s Abuse of Emergency Powers
State House, Providence, RI – House Republicans have submitted a Joint House and Senate Resolution to enforce the 180-day limit on the Governor’s Executive Powers. In July, 2021, the General Assembly amended our General Laws, § 30-15-9(g), to limit many of the Governor’s core emergency powers to 180-days only. The 180-day limit may be extended by General Assembly. Rather than follow the law and approach the General Assembly to extend his Emergency powers beyond the 180-limit, on August 14, 2021, Governor McKee sought to skirt the law by declaring a “new” COVID state of emergency – ostensibly to provide himself with a new 180-day period without the required General Assembly approval.
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