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Voter referenda present mixed choices
As Rhode Islanders enter the voting booth next week, they will be confronted by seven questions, two of them involving the expansion of gambling in the Ocean State, the other five asking for approval for more than $200 million of bond issuance. more
10/29/12
Raimondo scored on investing, transparency by Forbes blogger
NEW YORK – General Treasurer Gina M. Raimondo is taking heat from a new source for her efforts related to the state workers’ pension system, but the criticism is not coming from a local source. … more
| 4/5/13
MBTA needs more funding to stave off fare hikes, service cuts
Officials from the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority need to balance their budget, but they plan to wait until at least March before increasing fares and establishing service cuts in hopes of an increase in funding, reported Boston.com. more
| 12/27/12
RIPEC, EDC, GA form legislation-tracking partnership
The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council and the R.I. Economic Development Corporation have established a collaborative partnership with the state’s General Assembly to build a legislative database as a resource for Rhode Island businesses. more
| 1/30/13
R.I. municipalities finally acknowledge pension woes
If the first step toward a solution is admitting you have a problem, then 2012 has seen progress for Rhode Island’s distressed, locally run, municipal pension plans. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 11/12/12

Nonunion employers can’t ignore Obama’s NLRB
Most nonunion employers understandably pay relatively little attention to the National Labor Relations Board’s decisions and regulations. The NLRB administers the National Labor Relations Act and most often decides cases involving attempts to form a union or conduct of an employer dealing with its employees’ union. more
1/7/13
Lottery games are going digital
In September, GTECH Corp., the Providence-based gaming subsidiary of Rome’s Lottomatica Group SpA, launched the Lottery Developer Network, a game-development program it thinks might be the next big thing in the industry. more

By Emily Greenhalgh
PBN Web Editor | 11/19/12

Public-sector workers digging in to save pensions
Leaders of the largest U.S. union of public-sector workers are vowing to fight efforts by state and local governments to balance their budgets with cuts to employee benefits even as voters have sided with that strategy. more
Providence gets 30% bonus curbing $109,000 retirees
Providence was so close to running out of cash a year ago that it couldn’t pay for tires on police cars. This month, Wall Street lined up to lend to Rhode Island’s capital, shrinking … more
U.S. stocks fall most since June after presidential elections
(Updated, 2 p.m.) U.S. stocks fell, driving the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index toward the biggest decline since June, as investor focus turned to the budget debate and Europe’s debt crisis following President Barack Obama’s re-election. more
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