My January 7, 2024 letter discusses some of the federal pandemic relief funds awarded to the State, and the concerns I have with imminent deadlines for their use.
My January 14 letter discusses the transitions we will be seeing in the budgets of the State and the Providence Public Schools.
On January 18, the Governor released the documents supporting his budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year. I prepared a Budget Page that compiles those documents.
My January 21 letter provides some initial observations of the Governor’s budget presentation, and a progress report of the Senate commission studying the Providence Public Schools.
My January 28 letter discusses the Senate commission studying the Providence Public Schools and the State’s plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
I have introduced 14 bills in this year’s General Assembly. You can review them by clicking on this link.
My February 4 letter discusses the rate review process for behavioral health services and revisions to the State’s budgeted use of federal pandemic relief funds.
My February 11 letter discusses procurement reform, the federal pandemic relief aid budget and upcoming oversight hearings on the Washington Bridge project.
My February 18 letter describes the first oversight hearing reviewing the Washington Bridge closure.
My March 3 letter describes how the recent engineer’s report has changed my understanding of the past, present and future of the Washington Bridge span that RIDOT closed in December.
My March 10 letter discusses the Finance Committee’s review of the Economic Development Corporation and the “state share” component of the school funding formula.
My March 17 letter discusses student attendance, education funding and the Senate study commission reviewing Providence Public Schools.
My March 24 letter discusses the ongoing work of the Senate commission studying possible reforms in the Providence Public School Department (“PPSD”).