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This comment seems insincere, or why else would you deliberately be leaving out the fact that de la Cruz's response bill/proposal was to lower it even further to 5%. Seems like pertinent information, no?

Raptakis has been trying to get automatic increases based on inflation since 2007, but told me he almost never gets support, colleagues told him, we'll consider it when we get to $15/hour.

>For Sen. Leonidas Raptakis, the fight over the minimum wage has been a pet issue since 2007. One of the two related bills he filed would tie minimum wage increases every year to the Providence-area rate of inflation as published in the federal Consumer Price Index.

It's insane to me that it just can't be that focus has shifted to another thing but the original thing still very much has validity and importance in the state. It's not like it looses importance just because other things are happening at the same time.

It’s sad to read about this in the Boston Goode. The ProJo is in bad shape, and it’s wicked sad.

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We wouldn't have to be of the legislature could go a single session without trying to attack gun rights.

I've already read all the proposed legislation in that area so far, but haven't seen anything to attack the housing crisis. Is it wrong of me to make note of that to the rest of the taxpayers and voters ITT so they k ow what they're wasting time on instead?

To add to what OP cited below, de la Cruz's proposal was to lower it to 5% fwiw.

Facts

There was a bit of a kerfuffle over the proposal, after the numbers that households are supposed to save were found to be flubbed.

Story requires a subscription.

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/politics/2023/02/02/rhode-islands-sales-tax-may-be-cut-this-session-here-are-the-options/69862862007/

>Gov. Dan McKee sparked the debate by proposing to cut the 7% sales tax to 6.85%, which would reduce the tax bite on a $1,000 item from the current $70 down to $68.50, and on a $100 item from the current $7 to $6.85.

Kerfuffle:

>Citing the average of $77 in annual savings that McKee's budget team originally projected for each state household were his proposal to pass, de la Cruz said a household would have to purchase $51,500 in taxable items to see a savings of that magnitude.

>Asked for comment on the minority leader's comments, a spokesman for the Department of Administration acknowledged an error in the numbers originally provided to the media.

>He said the proposed reduction in the sales tax rate from 7% to 6.85% would, on an annual basis, result in approximately $39 in savings, on average per household and business. He said the original calculation neglected to take into account the fact that roughly half the svaings goes to households, and the other half to businesses.

The Democratic Governor proposed lowing the sales tax.

No, you can't do a DV on a totaled vehicle.

Don't worry, before they do anything about the housing crisis public interest in that will "lose steam" as well, we're the smallest state and still can't get anything done to make it better

Go move to NH, you hate taxes so much.

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Reopen a giant bennys

Dont worry, our esteemed state legislature will manage to raise taxes and further restrict gun rights in the state before the session is over, but do nothing about minimum wage or the housing crisis.

Though I think I saw a GOP proposal to drop the sales tax a bit at least, so there's that.

Go with dedicated painters. G and G painting out of Charlestown did our place and its killer.

You forgot to add -45 Sunday and 60 degrees Wednesday 🤦🏻‍♀️

Disturbing

Nice to see we can’t walk and chew gum at the same time.

I haven’t had any issue refilling my prescription at Walgreens on Atwells Ave

I would not put Capital Grill or Flemings that high. Pot au Feu is great. Never had a meal there that wasn't amazing.

Hemenway's is good but I wouldn't rank it as one of the best.

Landlords when wages go up and there's still high demand for housing.

Welcome to Rhode Island, if you don’t like the weather… wait a minute.