School Officials: Solomon Rebuffs New FY19 Mediation, Limits FY20 Talk to Sports
By: Rob Borkowski on July 1, 2019 in News to You, Schools
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article listed the withdrawal of pension funds among the School Department’s budget balancing steps. While the withdrawal is part of the FY19 budget mediation […]
School Pension Withdrawal Jeopardizes Fund’s Tax Exempt Status
By: Rob Borkowski on May 29, 2019 in News to You
WARWICK, R.I. — The School Department’s above-minimum pension payments are in the past, where they’re likely to stay despite a plan to use the $4 million to balance the […]
Solomon’s $322M Budget Dips Home Tax Rate Nearly 10%
By: Rob Borkowski on May 16, 2019 in Breaking News, News to You
WARWICK, R.I. — Mayor Joseph J. Solomon says his drafted $322,881,043 FY20 budget decreases property tax rates while increasing education spending, but it only grants $508,499 of the Schools’ $8.5 […]