PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- When Lincoln Chafee ran for governor in 2010, the state had one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation, homes were being foreclosed on and there were huge budget problems, thanks, in part, to grossly underfunded pension systems.
In the midst of that, Chafee promised that, as governor, he would work to cut income taxes and the taxes paid by corporations -- if the economy improved.
We've held off rating Chafee's progress on this promise, waiting for such improvement. Now that there are signs of a slow but steady recovery -- despite the state's continuing high unemployment rate -- we examined the promise and rated it In the Works on our Linc-O-Meter. Read the complete analysis-- and all the Linc-O-Meter promises and ratings -- here.