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By Carroll Andrew Morse | May 24, 2012 |

From Erika Niedowski of the Associated Press: “38 Studios lays off entire staff“. From a staff report from the Valley Breeze: “Woonsocket tax bill killed by full House“.

Mayor Fontaine on Tabling the Request for a Budget Commission

By Carroll Andrew Morse | May 22, 2012 |

After the Woonsocket City Council voted to approve a motion tabling a resolution requesting that the state to create a budget commission for the city, until after the House Finance Committee votes on the supplemental tax, I asked Mayor Leo Fontaine for his reaction… Anchor Rising: Tonight, the City Council voted to table the resolution…

“The Governor Literally Walked out of the Meeting and Said We Don’t Need a Budget Commission There, They Are Doing All the Things that a Budget Commission Would Do”

By Carroll Andrew Morse | May 22, 2012 |

In a brief interview immediately following last night’s Woonsocket City Council meeting where the Council had voted to table a resolution asking the state to appoint a “budget commission” to deal with the city’s finances, Council President John Ward discussed how city officials have already been working with the state to do just about everything…

Woonsocket City Council Meeting, May 21

By Carroll Andrew Morse | May 21, 2012 |

Good evening, from the city of Woonsocket, where I will be liveblogging tonight’s Woonsocket City Council meeting that includes an agenda item requesting that the state appoint a budget commission for the city. [6:56] Official start time of the meeting is 7:00. [7:01] Meeting called to order. [7:04] Public comment portion of the meeting. On…

Coming up in Committee: Ten Sets of Bills Scheduled to be Heard by the RI General Assembly, May 22 – May 24

By Carroll Andrew Morse | May 21, 2012 |

Local Impact: Coventry, Cumberland, Foster 2, North Kingstown, Richmond 2 3, Smithfield, Warwick. 10. H7866: A package of zoning law changes, including a cap on the minimum allowed size for buildable lots, an exclusion on considering slope as a development potential criteria, and the addition of “protecting natural resources and promoting efficient use of land”…

Fundamental Questions (as in Business Fundamentals) About 38 Studios Running Aground When It Has

By Carroll Andrew Morse | May 15, 2012 |

Say you’ve got a company that has 5 products on the market, and plans to release a new one in the next year. Which products should existing teams and new hires be assigned to work on? Maybe your existing customer base is willing, in large numbers, to pay for a new release of one of…

Coming up in Committee: Thirteen Sets of Bills Scheduled to be Heard by the RI General Assembly, May 15 – May 17

By Carroll Andrew Morse | May 15, 2012 |

Local Impact: Central Falls, Coventry 2, Cranston, Glocester, Narragansett, Middletown/Newport 2, Newport 2, North Providence 2, Pawtucket, Tiverton, Warren, Warwick, West Greenwich, West Warwick 2. 13. S2883: A capital gains tax exemption for “new investments in Rhode Island businesses” that meet certain conditions (S Finance; Thu, May 17). 12. S2631: Adds to the state’s payment-in-lieu-of-taxes…

Undoing the Central Falls Settlement with Some Last Minute Legislation?

By Carroll Andrew Morse | May 14, 2012 |

Can’t talk about the bill, it’s still in committee… Can’t talk about the bill, it’s still in committee… Can’t talk about the bill, it’s still in committee… Why do you want to talk about that bill? Everything important about it was decided in committee.Justin Katz of the Ocean State Current (and Anchor Rising too) has…

New York Times Editorial Board Says that When the Likely Outcome is Good Enough for our Sensibilities, the Law Should Be Ignored

By Carroll Andrew Morse | May 10, 2012 |

Reacting to the decision made by the First Circuit Court of Appeals that Jason Pleau must be turned over to the Federal government to answer the indictment for the murder of David Main and potentially face the death penalty (though that is far from certain), the New York Times editorial board wrote that the court…

State Budget on the Horizon?

By Carroll Andrew Morse | May 8, 2012 |

It’s not surprising that, in an election year, the Rhode Island General Assembly would like to finish up as quickly as possible and free themselves up for the campaigning phase of the political cycle. A few folks familiar with the budgetary process believe that the schedule will be as aggressive as the House Finance Committee…