Protect Your Wealth. Secure Our Future. Put Rhode Islanders First.
The Rhode Island Treasurer's Office is a fiduciary responsibility — not a political prize. Micholas A. Credle will bring Duty, Accountability, and Discipline to every decision, measuring success by outcomes, not announcements.
Retirement Security
Protect & Restore What Rhode Islanders Earned
Rhode Island's public workers and retirees made a promise with the state — and the state must honor it. Credle will fight to undo the damage of the 2011 pension reforms and put retirement security back at the center of Treasury policy.
Pension Recovery & COLA Restoration
The 2011 pension reforms significantly changed retirement benefits for Rhode Island public employees and retirees. Micholas Credle’s Restitution, Reparation, and Restoration framework calls for a comprehensive examination of the financial impact of those changes, a sustainable path toward restoring meaningful cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs), and greater accountability in the management of the pension system. Credle’s position is straightforward: Rhode Island should determine what affected retirees lost, identify financially responsible remedies, and establish a credible path toward restoring the retirement security promised to public servants.
Veterans Supporting Veterans
Credle’s military service and financial-management background shape his commitment to strengthening financial security for Rhode Island’s veterans, with particular attention to disabled and homeless veterans. His approach calls for the Treasurer’s Office to serve as an active partner by promoting financial education, expanding awareness of available resources, and pursuing responsible partnerships that can support veteran housing and long-term financial stability. For Credle, serving those who served means using the tools and partnerships available to the Treasury to help veterans build greater financial security, independence, and opportunity.
Financial Accountability
Your Money Deserves Scrutiny
Every dollar entrusted to the Treasurer’s Office belongs to the people of Rhode Island. Credle’s approach calls for rigorous, measurable standards for investment performance, management fees, contracts, and Treasury programs, with results communicated clearly and transparently to the public. Rhode Islanders should be able to see how their money is managed, what it costs, and what results it produces.
Wall Street Fees & Investment Accountability
Pension dollars should be evaluated on measurable net returns — not on relationships or reputation. Credle will conduct deeper scrutiny of investment-management and consultant fees, contracts, and performance. Rhode Islanders deserve to know whether they are receiving real value for what they pay Wall Street.
Transparency: Follow the Money
Treasury information — pension performance, investment fees, contracts, unclaimed property, program outcomes, and administrative costs — should be understandable to every resident, not just insiders. Programs must have identifiable benchmarks. Announcements are not accountability. Results are.
Return Rhode Islanders' Money
Billions in unclaimed property sit in state coffers that rightfully belong to Rhode Island residents and businesses. Credle will modernize unclaimed-property operations with proactive identification and outreach so that money gets back to its owners as efficiently as the law allows.
Economic Opportunity
Invest in Rhode Islanders' Future
A strong Treasury doesn't just protect what exists — it creates pathways to prosperity. Credle will use the office's convening power and financial tools to expand opportunity for working families, students, veterans, and communities across Rhode Island.
RI WAVE — Education & Workforce Development
Credle's RI WAVE concept creates an affordable, structured pathway from the Community College of Rhode Island into URI and Rhode Island College — connecting education with workforce development and long-term economic mobility. A stronger workforce is a stronger state balance sheet.
Housing & AnchorHome Accountability
Treasury-supported mortgage programs must be evaluated on measurable outcomes: how many Rhode Islanders are actually served, how much public money is committed, how affordable and geographically accessible the programs are. Credle's housing agenda also advances innovative approaches for veterans and working families who have been left behind by the current market.
Health Is Wealth
Financial security and health security are inseparable. The pressures Rhode Island families face from healthcare costs, housing, caregiving, retirement, and education are interconnected. The Treasurer's Office must recognize that protecting wealth means addressing the full picture of what threatens it.
Stand With Micholas
Rhode Island deserves a Treasurer who measures success by outcomes — not announcements. Join the campaign and help put Rhode Islanders first.