AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoState Safety: Rhode Island ranked ninth-safest in the nation for the fourth straight year, according to WalletHub’s review of safety measures including crime, roads and emergency preparedness. Housing: Home prices rose 5.09% year over year in August, the second-fastest increase in New England. The state has also expanded its first-time homebuyer program, while voters will weigh housing measures in November. School Funding: A new state analysis says overhauling Rhode Island’s school funding formula could add $525 million in annual state aid, before accounting for other costs the proposal would shift to the state. Cold Cases and Crime: Rhode Island’s attorney general says a cold-case unit cracked the 1985 Newport murder of a Jamestown woman; a Smithfield man has been charged. Separately, a Providence man was convicted in a 2021 Pawtucket shooting. Local Spotlight: Westerly’s Weekapaug Inn ranked among the world’s top resorts in Condé Nast Traveler’s readers’ awards.
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