Emily Sutton
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...
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...
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...
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...