PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Gov. Gina Raimondo is canceling public events as negotiations continue on Rhode Island’sbudget.
A revised budget plan is scheduled to be unveiled Thursday in the House Finance Committee. It could face a Thursday committee vote that would move it to the full House.
Democratic House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello has been negotiating with the Democratic governor and the state Senate over competing priorities and how to balance a higher-than-expected shortfall for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
Raimondo has canceled two West Warwick events on her Wednesday afternoon schedule.
Details haven’t yet been released but the revised budget is expected to include Mattiello’s plan to phase out car taxes.
It’s not clear if it will also include Raimondo’s plan to provide two years of free tuition at state colleges.
