The Independent Man glows atop the Rhode Island State House on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)
State budget officials made it clear : There’s no money for extras in the upcoming fiscal 2026 spending plan, so don’t ask.
But that didn’t stop nearly two dozen state agencies from asking for more full-time staff in their fiscal 2026 budget requests, according to a Dec. 27 analysis by the Rhode Island Senate Fiscal office…