RIPEC In The News
RIPEC President & CEO Speaks to Providence Journal About December Unemployment Figures
“Michael DiBiase, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council, called the December DLT report “troubling” and said the continuing downturn has implications
RIPEC Report “R.I. FY 2021 Enacted Budget and the Fiscal Challenges Ahead,” In the News
“Rhode Island faces $513 million budget shortfall” Boston Globe “RIPEC advises ‘more urgency’ in addressing state FY22 budget deficit” Providence Business News “RI Potentially Facing
Newsweek cites RIPEC report in article ranking state investment in education
Rhode Island ranked 11th in a Newsweek ranking of education spending by state that reference’s RIPEC’s report on school reopening. Read the full article here.
Current Economic Indicator Briefing, In the News
‘RI economy sprang back this summer, but lags region, nation’ Providence Journal ‘Report: Despite job gains, R.I. economic activity ‘severely constrained’ in Q3‘ Providence Business
RIPEC’s Policy Brief on Business Tax Climate Index, In the News
‘RIPEC suggests steps to boost R.I. business tax climate’ Providence Business News ‘Group says better tax rankings are reason not to tax rich’ Providence Journal
RIPEC Welcomes Four New Directors to its Board
RIPEC welcomed four new Directors to its Board last week: Junior Jabbie, President & CEO of Banneker Supply Chain Solutions; Wade Knudson, Deputy Vice President,
RIPEC President and CEO Discusses Coronavirus Relief Fund Spending in Rhode Island with Providence Business News
Michael DiBiase commented on a Providence Business News article about Rhode Island’s $1.25 billion federal Coronavirus Relief Fund allocation, and the $900 million that remains
President and CEO Michael DiBiase Discusses “Green” Bond with the Boston Globe
In response to a question about the governor’s proposed $69 million “green” bond, RIPEC President and CEO Michael DiBiase told the Boston Globe that green
Municipal Resilience Task Force Convenes for the First Time
Amid backlash from municipal leaders towards the news that the administration plans to cut state aid to distressed communities by half, the governor’s Municipal Resilience
RIPEC and Bryant University’s Center for Global and Regional Economic Studies’ CEI Cited by The Bond Buyer
In an article on the Rhode Island state budget and proposed bond initiatives, The Bond Buyer cited RIPEC and Bryant University’s Center for Global and
President and CEO Michael DiBiase on the Governor’s Interest in Merging the State’s Turnpike and Bridge Authority, Department of Transportation, and Public Transit Authority
Michael DiBiase told The Public’s Radio that the governor’s interest in merging the state’s Turnpike and Bridge Authority, Department of Transportation, and Public Transit Authority
RIPEC’s President and CEO Announced as Part of Governor Raimondo’s Municipal Resilience Task Force
RIPEC President and CEO Michael DiBiase was appointed by Governor Gina Raimondo to an eight-member Municipal Resilience Task Force, charged with developing recommendations to “build
RIPEC’s President and CEO Responds to Proposal to Increase Rhode Island’s Rainy Day Fund
Responding to a proposal from House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello to ask voters to change the state constitution to increase Rhode Island’s rainy day fund from
RIPEC Jointly Hosts Interactive Webinar with Bryant’s Hassenfeld Institute
In a Providence Journal interview and the “Reinvesting in Rhode Island after COVID” interactive webinar jointly convened by RIPEC and Bryant University’s Hassenfeld Institute, Michael
RIPEC’s President and CEO Michael DiBiase on WPRI’s Newsmakers
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Current Economic Indicator Briefing; In the News
The Current Economic Indicator Briefing, jointly released by RIPEC and the Center for Global and Regional Economic Studies at Bryant University, estimated that the historic
RIPEC’s President and CEO Pens Op Ed in Providence Business News
In a Providence Business News op ed entitled “Pandemic offers R.I. leaders a chance to reassess priorities,” RIPEC’s President and CEO Michael DiBiase argued that
The Center for Global and Regional Economic Studies at Bryant University and RIPEC’s CEI, In the News
April jobs numbers for Rhode Island show a sharp decline, but the impact of the pandemic is uneven among Ocean State industries, according to the
RIPEC’s report “The Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis on Rhode Island’s Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs,” In the News
“The Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis on Rhode Island’s Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance Programs,” analyzes the fiscal stability of the state’s unemployment and temporary
RIPEC’s President and CEO Michael DiBiase Speaks in Panel “Covid-19 and Public Finances in Rhode Island.”
RIPEC’s President and CEO Michael DiBiase laid out the budgetary challenges facing state policymakers and offered words of advice in “Covid-19 and Public Finances in
RIPEC’s Report “The COVID-19 Economic Crisis: Federal Assistance and Rhode Island’s Budget,” In the News
RIPEC’s newest report “The COVID-19 Economic Crisis: Federal Assistance and Rhode Island’s Budget,” analyzes the federal funding provided to Rhode Island under recent legislation. “The