Nancy Lavin

Recently published
With the state budget set to drop any day, Rhode Island lawmakers and advocates are in a last-minute scramble—vying for money, attention, and legislative wins on hot-button issues like taxing the rich, raising Medicaid rates, and enacting a bottle bill
End-of-session request comes as labor, education bills pile up for consideration
Recently uncovered shortfall spotlights mismatch between budget and production schedules
Commerce Secretary Liz Tanner to leave cabinet post to head Ocean State 2026