Christopher Allen
Request for information regarding failed Washington Bridge RFP released
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Transportation on Friday released a Request for Information on the state’s bidding portal, soliciting engineering and public infrastructure...
Development ordinance seeks to preserve Providence historic district
PROVIDENCE – The City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a new ordinance requiring property owners within the city’s Historic Overlay District to secure a...
A boring job completed; enormous impact ahead?
After taking three years to travel little more than 2 miles, the Narragansett Bay Commission finally reached a finish line of sorts in February...
Providence mayor seeks to streamline approval process for new developments
PROVIDENCE- Mayor Brett P. Smiley’s administration is making major changes to the development review process for new residential and commercial construction that should shorten...
Plumb named new CEO of Starkweather & Shepley
PROVIDENCE – Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. on Thursday named Peter C. Plumb its new CEO.
Plumb, who joined the firm in 2009, will...
State receives final federal approval for $108M ‘Internet for All’ initiative
PROVIDENCE – Federal and state officials on Wednesday announced that Rhode Island has been given the go-ahead to begin putting to work the $108...
CCRI panel: Fresh tactics required to prepare a next-generation workforce
NEWPORT – Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., repeated the same message he has been hearing from several large employers in the state during Wednesday's workforce...
Warwick councilwoman pleads no contest to charge of filing false document
WARWICK – City Councilwoman Donna Travis received a one-year suspended sentence and one year of probation after pleading no contest Tuesday in Kent County...
RIDOT gets $251M in federal funding for bridge repairs along I-95...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Transportation is receiving $251.1 million in federal funding to repair or replace 15 bridges along the Interstate 95...
The wait for accountability on Washington Bridge debacle gets longer, but...
For months, a full-scale accounting of the failure of the Washington Bridge has been out of reach for the general public.
Now some are questioning...
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