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The State House dome from North Main Street. (Photo by Bob Plain)

Sewage Treatment Gets Legislative Treatment

By Tom Sgouros on June 22, 2012

In the waning days of the legislative session, can one be forgiven for suspecting that Assembly members don’t give a, well how about a quart of  sewage solids about the municipal governments they represent?  Sewage stories from Woonsocket and Warwick lead one to suspect otherwise. Woonsocket first. Woonsocket is currently under a DEM order to [...]

Posted in Budgeting for Disaster: Tom Sgouros takes on the state budget, Economy, Environment, Featured, State Budget | Tagged clean water, DEM, Environment, struggling cities, Warwick, Woonsocket | 2 Responses

Reps Lisa Baldelli-Hunt and Jon Brien talk to Woonsocket's finance director Tuesday after a vote on a supplemtnal tax increase for the struggling city.

Woonsocket Legislators Call for Fiscal Receiver

By Bob Plain on May 22, 2012

Woonsocket legislators would prefer a receiver step in and help right the struggling city’s financial problems rather than raise property taxes, according to a letter from them to Mayor Leo Fontaine. “Significant and immediate structural reforms are needed to avert a financial crisis in our city and we respectfully request that as a first priority, [...]

Posted in Economy, Featured, Rhode Island, State House | Tagged badelli-hunt, brien, state house, struggling cities, Woonsocket | 3 Responses

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