(Providence, RI)--Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee released his first budget on Thursday, but acknowledged that the stimulus bill signed by President Biden could cause it to evolve.McKee's budget contains a number of proposals likely to cause debate, including: legalizing adult-use recreational marijuana, continuing the free tuition program at Community College of Rhode Island, continuing the phase-out of the state's car tax, and constructing a new long-term care facility at Eleanor Slater Hospital's Zambarano campus in Burrillville.The eleven-point-two-billion-dollar spending plan is lower than this fiscal year's budget.The Providence Journal reports it does not contain steep tax increases, but McKee wants to augment the real estate transfer tax.
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