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  • 3 days ago | yahoo.com | Nancy Lavin

    Initial estimates predict the third season of ‘The Gilded Age,’ taped in Newport in late 2024, spent nearly $27 million on filming in Rhode Island. Season 3, which debuts June 22 on HBO, would qualify for $8 million in state tax credits. Matt Walker and Taaissa Farmiga appear in the first episode of Season 3, above.

  • 4 days ago | yahoo.com | Nancy Lavin

    An opulent detail of a ceiling in the Rhode Island State House. Fitch Ratings upgraded its rating of Rhode Island's credit worthiness and bonds to AA+, ahead of a bond sale on June 9. (Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)Chipping away at the state’s unfunded pension liability has strengthened Rhode Island’s financial footing, according to Fitch Ratings.

  • 4 days ago | yahoo.com | Nancy Lavin

    Rhode Island officials have launched a new nonprofit, Ocean State 2026, to take advantage of tourism during the 2026 World Cup matches at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, pictured. (Photo by Christopher Shea/Rhode Island Current)State officials are forming a new nonprofit to help maximize local tourism and economic development for the state from the 2026 World Cup, which includes matches at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts.

  • 4 days ago | yahoo.com | Nancy Lavin

    The Superman building in downtown Providence has sat empty since 2013. State legislation headed to the Rhode Island Senate Wednesday would allow the owner to qualify for a sales tax waiver on construction materials. (Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)Compared with the $270 million-plus price tag to redevelop downtown Providence’s most iconic skyscraper, a $4.6 million discount sounds inconsequential.

  • 5 days ago | yahoo.com | Nancy Lavin

    Holly McClaren is shown in a campaign video for Gov. Dan McKee in 2022. (Screenshot from campaign video by Friends of Dan McKee)A political consultant facing criminal charges for falsifying signatures on Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos’ campaign papers during the 2023 congressional special election changed her plea to no contest, avoiding potential prison time, as first reported by WPRI-TV 12.

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Nancy Lavin @NancyKLavin
13 May 25

RT @projo: Rhode Island boaters are hoping to sink a proposal to charge sales and property taxes for boats, which are currently exempt from…

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12 May 25

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Nancy Lavin
Nancy Lavin @NancyKLavin
12 May 25

Gov. Dan McKee and House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi have rarely, if ever, butted heads in their four years leading the executive and legislative branches. That might be about to change. https://t.co/otMTUNvQnu