Karen Gavin
The other side of Newport; R.I.’s 5th poorest community
Newport. Just the name conjures images of salty breezes and margaritas, high profile yachting events like America's Cup and Tall Ships, mansions and jazz...
Clifford R. Montiero
Name: Clifford R. Montiero
Age: 62
Position: President, NAACP, Providence Chapter
Background: Since 1980 Montiero has been a Providence County Deputy Sheriff. Before that...
Hospitals face bleak financial future
As Rhode Island Hospital nurses and management continue to dispute salaries and mandatory overtime, the financial picture for hospitals across Rhode Island is not...
Mansions aside, Newport is like everywhere else
There's more to Newport than mansions - ask the folks who live here, or the real estate agents that sell them their homes. Like...
Their goal: making everybody’s electric bill fair
Figuring out a fair way to set prices in a highly volatile wholesale electricity market will be among the tasks facing Narragansett Electric Co.,...
Merger, strike, failures, legislation dominate health news
Reeling from the failure of Harvard Pilgrim and Tufts and massive rate increases in premiums, Rhode Islanders in the last six months haven't had...
RIte Care difficult
You're a small business owner with two choices for a hire - a 45-year-old female smoker who's had some health problems and a 22-year-old...
RI graduating few minorities
Employers expected to up their minority hiring practices may be hard pressed, as statistics show that among college graduates in Rhode Island the pickings...
Financial town meetings provide voice
An anachronism or a charming and necessary vestige of American democracy? When you're talking about the New England phenomenon known as the financial town...
Health department joins superhighway
The state Department of Health is keeping pace with consumers' ever-expanding need to know with several new information services available at the click of...
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