Christopher Allen
America250-Enduring Success: Salk’s Ace Hardware & Marine Inc.
(Editor’s note: This is the eighth installment in a weekly series featuring Rhode Island’s oldest companies as the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of...
Shekarchi faces ethics complaint over Supreme Court ambitions
PROVIDENCE – A Roger Williams University law professor has filed an ethics complaint against former House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, accusing the lawmaker of...
New R.I. law aims to curb human trafficking
Hotels and short-term rental operators in Rhode Island are being required to do their part to prevent human trafficking. In fact, it’s the law.
As...
Shekarchi resigns as R.I. House speaker ‘to humbly pursue a different...
PROVIDENCE – House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi has resigned his speakership to pursue the R.I. Supreme Court vacancy left by the retirement of Associate...
House Speaker Shekarchi will step down to seek R.I. Supreme Court...
PROVIDENCE – House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi plans to step down to pursue the R.I. Supreme Court vacancy left by the retirement of Associate...
Workers’ comp rates to fall for 11th consecutive year in R.I.
CRANSTON – The Insurance Division of the R.I. Department of Business Regulation announced Tuesday the approval of a 2.5% reduction in average workers’ compensation...
Teknor Apex partners in new 75M euro investment fund with OSS...
PAWTUCKET – Teknor Apex Co. is partnering in a new 75-million-euro investment fund, or $87.8 million, in collaboration with OSS Ventures aimed to scale proven industrial...
Bipartisan coalition rallies against ‘millionaires tax,’ ‘death tax’
PROVIDENCE – The Senate Lounge on Thursday became a rare venue for Smith Hill bipartisanship spurred by the growing opposition against proposals such as...
RIPEC: Rhode Island’s economy losing ground
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island economy has lost ground over the past decade due to an over-reliance on low-productivity industry sectors and government spending,...
McGaw pushes for legislation prohibiting plastic-waste processing plants
PROVIDENCE – Rep. Michelle E. McGaw, D-Portsmouth, is calling on the General Assembly to advance her legislation aimed at prohibiting high-heat plastic-waste processing facilities in...
