State Budget Officer Joseph Codega Jr. flips through a binder of budget materials during a fiscal year 2027 budget briefing at the Department of Administration’s Powers Building in Providence on Jan. 15, 2026. (Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)
Helping Rhode Islanders afford health insurance, home energy bills and child care is an expensive proposition: nearly $15 billion in fiscal 2027 under Gov. Dan McKee’s budget proposal.
The $14.9 billion tax-and-spend plan unveiled by McKee’s office Thursday marks the largest spending plan in state history — $522.6 million more than the current year’s budget although the dollar figure on fiscal 2026 is poised to cross the $15 billion dollar-mark under proposed revisions by the executive branch…