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Maryellen Butke, the founder and executive director of RI-CAN – the Rhode Island Campaign for Achievement Now – is stepping down after two and a half years as the advocacy group’s executive director.
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By PBN Staff
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The national foreclosure inventory remains near all-time highs, with 4.12 percent of all active mortgages in the foreclosure pipeline, according to the May Mortgage Monitor report released Monday by Lender Processing Services.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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Rhode Island’s gasoline prices are unchanged this week after 11 consecutive weeks of declines, according to AAA Southern New England.
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By PBN Staff
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Thanks to a gift from John Hazen White Jr., president and CEO of Cranston-based Taco Inc., the Brookings Institution is launching the John Hazen White Jr. Forum on Public Policy to study manufacturing.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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The National Park Service is adding the Heaton & Cowing Mill to the National Register of Historic Places, providing the first step towards reuse of the historic vacant building.
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By Dana Reilly |
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On Sunday, Massachusetts Gov. Deval L. Patrick signed a $32.5 billion state budget but vetoed the $32.1 million set aside by state lawmakers to keep Taunton State Hospital afloat, reported the Boston Globe.
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By PBN Staff
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An index of Rhode Island’s leading economic indicators - published by Providence Business News and e-forecasting.com - rose 0.2 percent in May.
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By PBN Staff
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In the early years, the loan program let ambitious teens take on a small debt that could pay off with a lifetime of higher earnings. Now, the $1 trillion in outstanding student debt has become a drag on the economic recovery, a flashpoint in the presidential election and a threat to the egalitarian ideals of U.S. higher education.
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By Janet Lorin |
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The empty lot created by the demolition of the former Providence National Bank in the Financial District in anticipation of a condominium tower that never materialized has opened as a parking lot.
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By PBN Staff
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According to the Battelle/Bio State Bioscience Industry Development Report, Rhode Island’s bioscience sector grew 44.3 percent from 2001 to 2010.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |