Chris Bergenheim
Report: Washington County tops Social Security livability rankings in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – In Rhode Island, Social Security benefits will cover the most of a person’s cost of living after paying taxes in Washington County,...
Eat Drink RI announces new food hall project and Kickstarter campaign
PROVIDENCE - Eat Drink RI LLC announced it has launched a Kickstarter fundraising campaign to back a new project, the West Park Food Hall...
Oliver Hazard Perry to be returned to Fort Adams after engine...
NEWPORT – On Sunday evening the Tall Ship Oliver Hazard Perry lost engine power while leaving the Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival, causing the ship...
Kilmartin joins opposition to ban on transgender military service
PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin joined a multistate coalition of attorneys general opposing the administration’s ban on transgender individuals in the military,...
R.I. to receive $2.4M for community development and affordable housing
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has awarded $2.4 million in a round of federal grants, including $1.9 million in Community Development Block Grant funding as...
August: Current Conditions Index posts fifth consecutive strong reading
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - Rhode Island’s economy continued to outperform year over year, according to University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro in the latest...
Analysis: Energy companies’ practices may have cost N.E. $3.6B
PROVIDENCE – A new academic analysis of the natural gas and electricity markets in New England accuses energy firms of artificially limiting the gas...
DOR: Local 1% meal and beverage tax down in July
PROVIDENCE – Local 1 percent meal and beverage tax collections in Rhode Island in July declined $45,190, or 1.6 percent, year over year to...
Report: Proposed tax changes would mostly benefit top 1% of R.I....
PROVIDENCE - The latest proposed tax reform framework supported by President Donald Trump and U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan would disproportionately benefit the top...
DOR: 2016 tax year extension filing deadline is Oct. 16
PROVIDENCE - The R.I. Division of Taxation reminded tax professionals and taxpayers that utilized a six-month extension that Monday, Oct. 16, is the deadline...