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| 03/05/2014 |
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ADVISORY: Senate Economic Summit to focus on workforce development
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The Rhode Island Senate will hold its annual Economic Summit on Monday, March 10, at 5 p.m., featuring discussion and perspectives on workforce development and career and technical education.
The theme of the summit is “Rhode to Work: Meeting the Current and Future Job Training Needs of Rhode Island,” and the event is being held at an institution central to Rhode Island’s efforts to close the skills gap: the Community College of Rhode Island. The summit will take place in the atrium of CCRI’s Liston Campus, One Hilton Street, Providence.
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| 03/03/2014 |
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Schedule for analysis of tax incentives set
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The “Moving the Needle” report, produced jointly last year by the Rhode Island Senate and the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council, called for a comprehensive review to measure the effectiveness and impact of Rhode Island’s economic development tax incentives. That recommendation was put into action through legislation, 2013-S-734 Sub. A, which was sponsored last session by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Daniel Da Ponte and signed into law by Governor Lincoln D. Chafee. The Office of Revenue Analysis recently proposed a schedule for analyzing the tax incentives in 2015, 2016 and 2017, beginning in 2015 with the Motion Picture Production Company Tax Credit, the Jobs Development Act, Distressed Areas Economic Revitalization Act, and Incentives for Innovation and Growth.
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| 03/03/2014 |
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ADVISORY: House schedules economic workshop for members
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The House of Representatives will present an economic workshop for its members, to be held Thursday, March 6, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the House Lounge. Scheduled to make presentations at the workshop are: Aaron Renn, publisher of the website the Urbanophile.com, and John Kennedy is the senior vice president of CVS Caremark Corporation.
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| 02/27/2014 |
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Sen. Goodwin bill would remove GED roadblocks
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The cost of a high school equivalency test in Rhode Island just got a lot more expensive. As of January 1, the cost to Rhode Islanders seeking to take the General Education Development test, or GED, more than doubled, from $55 to $120. Sen. Maryellen Goodwin (D-Dist. 1, Providence) has submitted legislation that requires the Department of Education to consider alternative, lower cost tests utilized by other states, and to adopt regulations for a waiver of fees associated with the assessment.
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| 02/25/2014 |
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| 02/12/2014 |
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Ajello, Miller introduce bill to regulate, tax marijuana
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Senate Health and Human Services Committee Chairman Joshua Miller and House Judiciary Committee Chairwoman Edith Ajello announced Wednesday that they will introduce a bill to make marijuana legal for adults 21 and older and establish a system in which marijuana is regulated and taxed similarly to alcohol.
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| 02/12/2014 |
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Sen. Lynch proposes early voting for Rhode Island
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Legislation introduced by Sen. Erin P. Lynch (D-Dist. 31, Warwick, Cranston) would make in-person early voting available for all Rhode Island elections, except for any special elections. Under the Lynch bill, in-person early voting would begin on the 21st day before a general election and end on, and include, the Saturday before the scheduled election. In-person early voting would also be allowed to begin on the 13th day before a primary election and end on, and include, the Saturday before the primary.
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