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The availability of the Small Business Health Options Program, or SHOP, a component of the health benefits exchange in Rhode Island, should be expanded to businesses with more employees, the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council said in a report released Wednesday afternoon.
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By PBN Staff
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At a press conference on Wednesday, Mayor Angel Taveras outlined a 20-step economic development action plan to “put Providence residents back to work and jump-start the economy of Rhode Island’s capital city.”
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Rhode Island has received a “D-” grade for government spending transparency in the fourth annual report from the R.I. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund.
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By PBN Staff
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The state Department of Environmental Management has reached an agreement with seven defendants that calls for them to initially pay $750,000 to the state as compensation for “damages to groundwater and other natural resources at the Davis Superfund site in Smithfield.”
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By PBN Staff
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The deadline for Rhode Island’s 30,000-plus for-profit corporations to file annual reports with the state is approaching.
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By Lindsay Lorenz |
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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.
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By Sofia Horta e Costa and Sarah Pringle |
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Midnight Friday marks the deadline for filing Rhode Island corporate income tax returns, said the R.I. Division of Taxation.
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By PBN Staff
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An estimated 3,300 Rhode Island residents did not file a federal income tax return for 2009, according to the IRS, which added that refunds totaling more than $3 million await those who file by April 15.
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By PBN Staff
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It is the last day for the state’s more than 320 lobbyists to file their first lobbying reports of the year with Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis’ office.
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By PBN Staff
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(Updated, 4 p.m.) A tentative five-year collective bargaining agreement has been reached between United Nurses & Allied Professionals, Local 5067, the union that represents nearly 600 employees at Landmark Medical Center and the Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode Island, and a potential new bidder for Landmark, according to union general counsel Christopher Callaci.
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By Richard Asinof |