AP - A revised budget plan is scheduled to be introduced Thursday in the House Finance Committee. House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello has been negotiating with Gov. Gina Raimondo and state Senate President Dominick Ruggerio, all Democrats, over their competing priorities and how to balance a higher-than-expected budget shortfall for the fiscal year that begins July 1. Details haven't yet been released but the revised budget is expected to include Mattiello's top priority and a campaign promise made to his Cranston constituents last year: cutting municipal car taxes. Raimondo had earlier this year proposed millions in savings from Medicaid services for low-income patients, but Democratic lawmakers have opposed cuts they said could hurt hospitals and nursing homes. When she proposed the idea in January, Raimondo's proposed $9.25 billion spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year included $10 million to launch the first phase of free tuition for students at the Community College of Rhode Isla
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