RI House votes to replace EDC with Commerce Corp.

Published June 4, 2013 11:09pm ET



PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s beleaguered Economic Development Corp. would be eliminated and replaced with a new corporation led by a secretary of commerce under legislation overwhelmingly endorsed Tuesday by the state’s House of Representatives.

All six economic development bills passed the House with sizeable majorities that could easily override a promised veto by Gov. Lincoln Chafee, a Democrat.

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