Marion Davis
Decoding public policy issues
Christine Heenan isn’t afraid of complex policy issues, tough-sell causes or brilliant academics who can’t seem to speak in clear, simple English.
Her first job...
Embattled CCRI president to step down
With the state Board of Governors for Higher Education poised to vote on his future, Thomas D. Sepe, president of the Community College of...
CCRI’s Sepe replaced as supporters ponder future
The R.I. Board of Governors for Higher Education has chosen Ray Di Pasquale, a veteran college administrator with nearly 33 years’ experience in Massachusetts...
Pawtucket Mutual finds new life after acquisition
Two and a half years after being taken over by the state, the troubled Pawtucket Mutual Insurance Co. and its subsidiary, Narragansett Bay Insurance...
State sets rules for medical assistants
In any doctor’s office – any health care facility – the division of labor is always a little fluid: Doctors do the diagnostics, sure,...
Blue Cross gets initial approval for wellness entity
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is legally allowed to establish a for-profit “wellness institute” and to offer its services outside the...
Health insurers team up to launch Medicare plan
Managed-care program for low-income seniors
In the first collaboration between the state’s two nonprofit health insurers, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and...
CCRI President Sepe makes bid for three more years
In his five years at the helm of Rhode Island’s only community college, CCRI President Thomas D. Sepe has shaken things up, mandating skills...
Scorecard: R.I. making ‘good’ economic progress
Rhode Island’s economy is making strides in all key areas, a new “scorecard” from the R.I. Economic Policy Council shows, with median income improvements,...
Mini-clinics company withdraws R.I. proposal
A proposal to put medical mini-clinics at five CVS/pharmacy stores in Rhode Island has been taken off the table, with no explanation, just as...
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