Lori Stabile, Author at Providence Business News

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Lori Stabile joined Providence Business News as the web editor in September 2014. Prior to joining PBN, she was a reporter and bureau chief for The Republican in Springfield, Mass., and a reporter for the Kent County Daily Times in West Warwick, R.I. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and English from the University of Rhode Island.

RHODE ISLAND could operate for 19.8 days on its reserves in its rainy day fund, according to The Pew Charitable Trusts. /COURTESY THE PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS

Pew: R.I. rainy day fund healthiest in New England

Economic Activity 04/13/2017

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island could operate for 19.8 days on the reserves in its rainy day fund, which is the longest time period among...

UNIVERSITY OF RHODE Island President David M. Dooley, left and Capt. Michael R. Coughlin, commanding officer at the Newport Naval Undersea Warfare Center, are shown after signing the partnership agreement. /COURTESY URI/JESSICA VESCERA

URI Business Engagement Center, Naval Undersea Warfare Center form partnership to...

Business Services 04/13/2017

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A partnership agreement was signed Thursday between the University of Rhode Island’s Business Engagement Center and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center...

ROGER WILLIAMS MEDICAL CENTER is one of four Rhode Island hospital that received an A grade in the Leapfrog patient safety report for the spring of 2017.

Four R.I. hospitals receive A grades in Leapfrog safety grade report

Health Services 04/12/2017

Four out of nine Rhode Island hospitals received the highest grade of A in the Leapfrog Spring 2017 Hospital Safety Grade report released Wednesday. Leapfrog...

A NEW poll from the Bryant University Hassenfeld Institute for Public Leadership found support for Gov. Gina M. Raimondo's Rhode Island Promise free college tuition plan.

Bryant poll finds support for free college, car tax reduction

Education 04/12/2017

PROVIDENCE – Sixty percent of respondents to the latest poll from the Hassenfeld Institute for Public Leadership at Bryant University said they are in favor...

A RENDERING OF ONE OF THE CABINS available at The Preserve at Boulder Hills, a $150 million sporting lifestyle development in Richmond. /COURTESY THE PRESERVE

The Preserve at Boulder Hills listed by Mott & Chace Sotheby’s

Economic Activity 04/12/2017

RICHMOND – The Preserve at Boulder Hills, a $150 million project featuring homes at $1 million and up, and sited on hundreds of acres...

NATIONALLY, 5.3 percent of mortgages were late by 30 days or more in January, a 1.1 percentage point decline, and 2.5 percent of mortgages were in serious delinquency, a seven-tenths of a percentage point decline. /COURTESY CORELOGIC

CoreLogic: Late mortgages decline in Providence metro, R.I., in January

Economic Activity 04/12/2017

PROVIDENCE – The percentages of mortgages late by 30 days or more declined over the year in January in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area...

ROBERT S. HULL, director, R.I. Department of Revenue, said the state is preparing a methodical launch of its new computer system for the DMV./ PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO/ PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. motor vehicle registry computer system replacement continuing

Economy 04/12/2017

CRANSTON – The R.I. Division of Motor Vehicles said on Wednesday that the project to replace the state’s nearly 40-year-old motor vehicle registry computer...