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Chafee, G.A. unveil veteran-benefit bills
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee and members of the General Assembly are backing legislation designed to improve benefits and services for veterans and their families. more
3/25/13
Patrick announces transportation funding
BOSTON – Gov. Deval L. Patrick last week filed a transportation bond bill to authorize and fund a 10-year plan for the next generation of transportation investments. more
3/25/13
DEM releases new guidelines for fisheries
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management this month issued guidelines for “the priority interests of the state” regarding the conservation and management of marine fisheries. more
3/25/13
Health exchange to get airing at PBN summit
Christine Ferguson, the director of the R.I. Health Benefits Exchange, is anxious to win over skeptics in the business community about the new health-insurance exchange. more
By Richard Asinof
Contributing Writer | 3/25/13
Lawmakers want end to Job Corps enrollment freeze
Rhode Island lawmakers hope a federal spending bill expected to be approved last week will allow the national Job Corps workforce-development program to soon start accepting new enrollees. A national freeze on enrollment following budget shortfalls could keep as many as 100 Rhode Island at-risk youths from gaining education and vocational training if it lasts until the current June 30 projection. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 3/25/13

Report: R.I. flunks out of economic prosperity, twice
Rhode Island has seen little to no improvement in economic opportunity indexes from 2011, the R.I. Center for Freedom and Prosperity announced Thursday following the release of its 2012 Report Card On RI Competitiveness. more
Report: R.I., nation need infrastructure improvements
Rhode Island is a state with 87 high-hazard dams, 156 structurally deficient bridges and 6,401 public road miles - 70 percent of which are considered to be of poor or mediocre quality. more
Nonprofit gets $150K to fight foreclosures
PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin on Wednesday announced a $150,000 grant to the Housing Action Coalition of Rhode Island to help homeowners facing foreclosure. more
| 3/20/13
Deadline nearing for for-profit annual reports
The deadline for Rhode Island’s 30,000-plus for-profit corporations to file annual reports with the state is approaching. more
Hagel pressed to add East Coast missile defense, would aid Raytheon
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel should include funds in the Pentagon’s next budget request to start work on a U.S. East Coast site for 20 anti-missile interceptors as a defense against Iran, House Republicans said. more
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