
February 9, 2026
The VA’s Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans in Rhode Island for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 2025 averaged $475,907, according to the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.
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February 7, 2026
Out of the $5.3 billion in total tax revenue collected by Rhode Island in 2024, $291,000 came from amusements license taxes, representing an increase from the previous year, when the total was $266,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).
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February 7, 2026
An analysis by Ocean State Today shows that, following President Donald Trump’s Feb. 5 executive order titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” Rhode Island is one of 21 states following the order that allows biological males to play on female sports teams.
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February 3, 2026
Rhode Island collected $5.3 billion in state taxes in 2024, a 2.6% increase from the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).
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February 3, 2026
Out of the $5.3 billion in total state taxes collected by Rhode Island in 2024, $5.4 million—or 0.1%—came from property taxes, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).
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February 1, 2026
Rhode Island generated $1.6 billion from general sales and gross receipts taxes in 2024, ranking 42nd among U.S. states.
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January 25, 2026
Out of the $5.3 billion in total tax revenue collected by Rhode Island in 2024, $21.2 million came from alcoholic beverages sales taxes, representing a decrease from the previous year, when the total was $22.2 million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).
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January 21, 2026
Rhode Island generated $5.4 million from property taxes in 2024, ranking 33rd among U.S. states.
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January 15, 2026
Of the $5.3 billion in taxes collected by Rhode Island in 2024, 0.4%, or $21.2 million, came from alcoholic beverages sales taxes, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).
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January 7, 2026
An analysis by Ocean State Today shows that, following President Donald Trump’s Feb. 5 executive order titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” Rhode Island is one of 21 states following the order that allows biological males to play on female sports teams.
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