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AVX settlement largest ever for Superfund site
BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Mass. Department of Environmental Protection reached a settlement with AVX Corp. for $366.25 million plus interest for the cleanup of the Superfund site in New Bedford Harbor, the largest single-site cash settlement in the history of the Superfund program. more
10/15/12
Report: R.I. tax structure named one of 10 ‘most regressive’
State tax systems across the United States, including Rhode Island, take a larger share of income from middle- and low-income families than from wealthy families, according to a new report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. more
| 1/30/13
Small businesses oppose any rate hike by health insurers
Lt. Gov. Elizabeth H. Roberts began testimony on the 2013 rate hike requests by Rhode Island’s commercial health insurers by offering that “business people often have the least opportunity to have their voices heard.” more
Coakley opposes early renewals of nuclear plants
BOSTON – Attorney General Martha Coakley has submitted to Congress her “strong support” of legislation that will prevent nuclear facilities from filing applications for license renewal more than 10 years prior to the expiration of current licenses. more
12/3/12
Lowell man charged with crowd-funding fraud
Massachusetts Secretary of State William F. Galvin has charged a Lowell man with “crowd-funding fraud,” his office said. more
Tax amnesty program collected final total of $22.4M
Rhode Island collected a total of $22.38 million in back taxes under this fall’s tax amnesty program, the R.I. Department of Revenue said Wednesday. more
| 1/2/13
Report: R.I. women make 85 cents on the dollar vs. men
Women in the Rhode Island make, on average, 85 cents to every dollar paid to men, according to a new report released by the National Partnership for Women and Families. more
State lawmakers unveil 9-bill gun safety plan
State lawmakers, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee and Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin have unveiled a nine-bill plan to help “improve gun safety and strengthen existing laws dealing with firearm violations.” more
| 4/10/13
GA earns 96% compliance rate in SOS ‘Access’ report
The Rhode Island General Assembly complied with the state’s Open Meetings law 96 percent of the time in 2012, according to Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis’ Access 2012 report. more
| 2/1/13
R.I., Mass. threaten joining states in EPA law suit
Rhode Island and Massachusetts both joined New York and four other states in saying they plan to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violating federal law by failing to regulate methane emissions from the oil and natural gas industry, Bloomberg News reported. more
12/17/12
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