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Big year for ‘big business’
Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee’s proposed state budget for next year puts big business in the spotlight. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 1/28/13

Taveras proposes 3.3% budget hike for fiscal 2014
PROVIDENCE – Property-tax rates for homeowners would rise with rates for businesses holding flat under a $663 million fiscal 2014 budget proposed by Mayor Angel Taveras Thursday. The spending … more
State still working with firms implicated in suit
The fraud and misconduct alleged in Rhode Island’s lawsuit against the architects of the 38 Studios LLC loan guarantee haven’t stopped the state from doing business with some of the firms implicated. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 2/11/13

Will this election settle Republicans’ Ayn Rand debate?
The 2012 presidential campaign should go down as a referendum on the long conservative fascination with Ayn Rand, the controversial libertarian novelist and philosopher. more
11/12/12
Shooters proposal likely to be decided next month
The future of the former Shooters nightclub property on the Providence waterfront sits delicately poised between the destination performing-arts venue a community group envisions and the sad, vacant lot it is today. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 3/11/13

Gov. Patrick signs Mass. renewable energy legislation
BOSTON – Gov. Deval L. Patrick this month signed legislation that aims to protect Massachusetts ratepayers while providing greater “reliability and energy independence for all residents.” more
8/13/12
Former Mass. speaker appeals eight-year federal sentence
BOSTON – Former House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi is appealing his prison sentence, with his attorneys arguing that federal prosecutors failed to prove that he accepted payments in exchange for official acts and that the eight-year prison sentence a judge imposed was far too harsh, The Associated Press reported. more
8/27/12
Proposal looking for state overhaul of economic policy
PROVIDENCE – Calling for a system that acts as a “dynamic catalyst for new ideas,” a group of economic-development and public-policy officials want an aggressive overhaul of Rhode Island’s infrastructure that would eliminate the R.I. Economic Development Corporation. more
8/20/12
Chafee says he’d consider seizing Station fire site
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee said last week that he would be open to using eminent domain to seize the Station nightclub site, where a 2003 fire killed 100 people, The Associated Press reported. more
9/24/12
U.S. stock futures drop as Cyprus bank levy renews euro concern
U.S. stock-index futures fell as euro-area leaders imposed a levy on Cypriot bank deposits to cut the cost of a bailout, sparking concern the measure may one day be used in the bigger economies of Spain or Italy. more
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