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Fewer children in R.I. now living in poverty

Fifteen percent of Rhode Island children ages 18 and under were living below the federal poverty threshold in 2006, according to the new Rhode...
THOMAS M. RYAN, chairman, president and CEO of CVS Caremark Corp., will be honored by March of Dimes during a June 12 reception at Marble House in Newport. /

Tom Ryan is R.I. March of Dimes Citizen of Year

PROVIDENCE – The March of Dimes Rhode Island chapter has named Thomas M. Ryan, chairman, president and CEO of CVS Caremark Corp. (NYSE:CVS), its...

R.I. Kids Count finds child poverty down

WARWICK – The child poverty rate in Rhode Island declined to 15.1 percent in 2006 from 21 percent in 2004, according to the 2008...

RIHEAA to pick up default fee on some student loans

The R.I. Higher Education Assistance Authority will pay the federal default fee on Stafford, Plus and Grad Plus student loans guaranteed and disbursed on...

Scott Berkey named CEO of Simulia

PARIS and PROVIDENCE – Dassault Systèmes, the 3D and product lifecycle management (PLM) software company, has named Scott Berkey to serve as CEO of...
J. DAVID SMITH, now director of public safety at Bristol-based Roger Williams University, is a former chief of police in both Westerly and Narragansett. He moves to the EMA on April 21. /

Carcieri names new EMA director

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri today appointed J. David Smith, a 30-year law enforcement veteran, to be the new executive director of the...

R.I. ‘Cure Kids’ Cancer’ radiothon raises $700K

PROVIDENCE – Last week’s “Cure Kids’ Cancer” raised $700,000 to support pediatric cancer treatment and research at Hasbro Children’s Hospital, the hospital announced today....

UMass in distance-learning agreement with China

BOSTON – The University of Massachusetts says a tentative agreement, pending approval by the Chinese Ministry of Education, would make UMass the first foreign...

R.I. to pick up ‘default fee’ on some student loans

WARWICK – The R.I. Higher Education Assistance Authority announced today that it will pay the Federal Default Fee on Stafford, Plus and Grad Plus...
TRUCKS BACK UP on Interstate 80 East outside Evenston, Wyo., on April 1 during a national protest of diesel prices that slowed traffic to as little as 20 mph, clogging the N.J. Turnpike and other highways. /

Gas rises 1¢ in R.I.; diesel falls 4¢

PROVIDENCE – Gasoline prices rose a penny this week, reversing last week’s decline, while diesel prices saw a 4-cent decrease, AAA Southern New England...
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