Christopher Allen
Smiley signs $599M fiscal 2025 budget
PROVIDENCE- Mayor Brett P. Smiley on Friday signed the city’s $599 fiscal 2025 budget that begins July 1.
Flanked by council members and administration officials...
R.I. recreational cannabis sales top $80M in FY24
PROVIDENCE – Sales of adult-use cannabis products have exceeded initial fiscal 2024 projections through the first 11 months, according to the latest data provided...
McKee vetoes 5 bills in final days of legislative session
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee vetoed five bills that had been passed by the General Assembly, including legislation that would have banned so-called...
RIPEC: State’s property tax system broken
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Public Expenditure Council on Thursday will release a new report on property taxation across Rhode Island that it says is...
Businesses hoping for boost from U.S. Senior Open
NEWPORT – The United States Golf Association made good on its promise to bring the U.S. Senior Open to the historic Newport Country Club,...
Salve poll: Biden leads Trump in tight R.I. race; McKee gets...
NEWPORT – A new poll of 1,450 likely Rhode Island voters by Salve Regina University’s Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy shows...
53rd Newport Bermuda Race sets sail from Fort Adams State Park
NEWPORT- The 53rd Newport Bermuda Race kicks off Friday with rolling starts of the 165 boats racing southward to the Bermuda finish line set...
Providence City Council approves $598M fiscal 2025 budget
PROVIDENCE- The City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a $598 million budget for fiscal year 2025 that begins July 1.
The budget requires two approvals...
Meet the Makers: Despite changing how it operates, local board game...
(Editor’s note: This is the 22nd installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
Pipeline grows wider for trained cannabis workers
The legalization of cannabis for recreational use in Rhode Island is giving new meaning to the term “green jobs.” There are no more than...
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