R.I. Voters Approve New Bonds for Public Projects, but Nix Constitutional Convention

The bonds will fund projects ranging from an indigenous culture museum to an expansion of port facilities for the offshore wind industry to a cybersecurity training center at Rhode Island College

People walk past a sign that points the direction toward a voting location during early voting in the general election, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, at City Hall in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
People walk past a sign that points the direction toward a voting location during early voting in the general election, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, at City Hall in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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People walk past a sign that points the direction toward a voting location during early voting in the general election, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, at City Hall in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
People walk past a sign that points the direction toward a voting location during early voting in the general election, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, at City Hall in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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R.I. Voters Approve New Bonds for Public Projects, but Nix Constitutional Convention
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Faced with five ballot questions in a high-turnout election, Rhode Islanders authorized more than $343 million in new bonds to fund a broad swath of public projects and declined the opportunity to host a constitutional convention to revise the state’s constitution.

Factoring in the interest the state will pay on the bonds over their 20-year lifetime, the full amount of spending voters authorized is expected to be about $550 million, according to the office of Secretary of State Gregg Amore.

The bonds will fund projects ranging from an indigenous culture museum to an expansion of port facilities for the offshore wind industry to a cybersecurity training center at Rhode Island College. The bond measures were broken up into four separate ballot questions, all of which passed.

This story was reported by The Public’s Radio. You can read the entire story here.

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