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HERE IS THE NEW National Grid substation under construction at 342 Eddy St. in Providence. Rhode Island ranked 36th in the nation for its 1.1 percent construction job loss over the year in December, according to the Associated General Contractors of America. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. 36th in nation for construction job decline in December

PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island ranked 36th in the nation for its 1.1 percent construction job loss over the year in December. That’s according to...
MASSACHUSETTS single-family home sales increased 11.3 percent in 2016. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/TY WRIGHT

Mass. single-family home sales rise 11.3% in 2016

BOSTON - Single-family home sales in Massachusetts in December increased by 4.2 percent from December 2015. The Warren Group released the figures on Tuesday. The company...
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, University of Rhode Island President David Dooley, URI Institute Executive Director Beth Leconte, URI Professor Phillip G. Clark and URI Foundation President Lil Breul O’Rourke are shown with the check from The Bernard Osher Foundation for $1 million. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

URI receives second $1M gift from Bernard Osher Foundation

SOUTH KINGSTOWN - The University of Rhode Island’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute has received a $1 million gift from The Bernard Osher Foundation. URI...
RHODE ISLAND ended 2016 with a unemployment rate of 5 percent, four-tenths of a percentage point lower than a year earlier, but still the highest jobless rate in New England, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

R.I. jobless rate ends 2016 at 5%, highest in New England

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s unemployment rate fell to 5 percent in December, the fourth consecutive month-over-month decline. That’s according to information released Tuesday by...
WALLETHUB SAYS Rhode Island is 21st in the nation in its list of most and least educated states. / COURTESY WALLETHUB

WalletHub: R.I. 21st on list of ‘most and least educated’ states

PROVIDENCE - WalletHub has ranked Rhode Island 21st on its list of the “most and least educated states” in the U.S. The personal finance website...
THIS 3-D RENDERING shows the proposed plan for Chestnut Commons, a development of modern residential apartments in the Interstate 195 Redevelopment District. It would include 91 apartments, as well as 5,200 square feet of retail and an interior courtyard. / COURTESY NORTHEAST COLLABORATIVE ARCHITECTS

Waldorf Capital Management to pay $1.2M for I-195 parcel

PROVIDENCE - Waldorf Capital Management LLC plans to pay more than $1.2 million for a parcel of land in the city’s I-195 Redevelopment District....

Huether named CEO of Eleanor Slater Hospital

PROVIDENCE - The R.I. Executive Office of Health and Human Services announced Monday that Cynthia Huether is now CEO of the state-run Eleanor Slater...
JOSEPH R. Paolino Jr., is shown in front of Paolino headquarters at 100 Westminster St. in Providence. He said he bought the former St. Joseph's hospital building and plans to convert it into housing for the homeless.  / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Paolino plans to convert former St. Joseph’s hospital into housing for...

Updated 2:33 p.m. PROVIDENCE – Businessman and former Providence mayor Joseph R. Paolino Jr. announced on Monday that he plans to convert the former St....
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