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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $200,0000 brownfields cleanup grant to the city of New Bedford.
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By PBN Staff
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Nine Rhode Island hospitals will be penalized by the government starting in October because many of their patients are re-admitted soon after discharge. The Rhode Island institutions will lose a total of $1.6 million in Medicare funds, with Rhode Island Hospital losing the most at $699,765.
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By Richard Asinof |
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Four Rhode Island hospitals – Newport, Kent, South County and Westerly hospitals – will receive an increase totaling $7.1 million increase in Medicare payments for fiscal year 2013.
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By Richard Asinof |
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After serving 44 years as the first and only bankruptcy judge in the state, U.S. District Judge Arthur Votolato celebrated his retirement among friends on Tuesday.
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By Dana Reilly |
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Barrington’s town council took its first step towards banning one-time use plastic bags at a meeting Monday night.
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By Dana Reilly |
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The R.I. Attorney General’s office moved its deadline to Aug. 31 for the closing of the pending sale of Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket to Steward Health Care, the Boston-based for-profit hospital network owned by a private equity firm, Cerberus Capital Management.
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By Richard Asinof |
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The former Interstate-195 lands need a transportation plan as only seven of the 23 parcels slated for redevelopment there can accommodate a building with sufficient on-site parking, a consultant told the I-195 District Commission Monday.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC is negotiating a settlement with the authorities investigating the bank’s involvement in the Libor scandal, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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By PBN Staff
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The U.S Small Business Administration appointed a North Smithfield native, Gary Ezovski, to serve on one of its Regulatory Fairness Boards on Monday.
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By Dana Reilly |
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The R.I. Department of Environmental Management will accept proposals for federal boating infrastructure grants until Friday, Aug. 31, the state agency announced Monday.
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By PBN Staff
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