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You can see Warwick from the top of EG Town Hall but the two have not been able to work out regionalized fire dispatch after three years of working on it. (Photo by Bob Plain)

Regionalization Difficulties

By Samuel G. Howard on January 11, 2013

Regionalization is one of those issues in Rhode Island that many people talk about but never seems to move forward. In a recent GoLocalProv article URI professor Ed Mazze suggests again that the state should regionalize along its five counties. But Warwick Mayor Scott Avedesian explained to RIPR Political Roundtable this morning why it’s easier [...]

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Breakdown of Rhode Island tax revenue by type. Data from www.usgovernmentrevenue.com.

RI – What Went Wrong: Property Tax Hikes

By Samuel Bell on November 28, 2012

In the previous installment, I discussed the large income tax cuts for the rich that hit Rhode Island in 2006, a major change to the economy that was followed by an early plunge into recession.  Unlike the federal government, states can’t offset income tax cuts with debt. So they have to offset them by either [...]

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