A RI State budget surplus of $877M and a Federal influx of $1.8B — did you or your business get any relief?

The $13.6B “increasingly opaque” RI State Budget was a statement of values and priorities — where the special interests won over RI’s struggling taxpayers.

House GOP attempted to address some of the budget’s shortcomings, but all 11 amendments were shot down. Here are a few government priorities where a budget surplus of $877M and a federal influx of $1.8B in ARPA funds were not deemed important enough to consider.

RI House Minority Caucus: Michael Chippendale Blake A. Filippi Representative Brian C. Newberry David J Place George Nardone Robert Quattrocchi Justin Price Sherry Roberts