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R.I. not ready to license Canadian pharmacies

Regulations allowing Canadian pharmacies to seek licenses to do business in Rhode Island went into effect Wednesday, but the state Department of Health, which...

Gas prices rise again after 10 weeks

Gasoline prices are on the rise again after 10 weeks in decline, pushed up by higher crude oil prices and colder weather, according to...

Blue Cross settles class-action suits for $17.5 million

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has settled two class-action lawsuits for $17.5 million in connection with claims processing practices that allegedly...
Photo by Frank MullinWoonsocket's newest target for future industrial development sits at the city's entrance on Hamlet Avenue - 17 acres of waterfront land, mostly the old ACS Industries mill complex. The heavily contaminated site could cost $3 million to clean up.

Milling about in Woonsocket

City set to reinvent industrial properties The irony is inescapable: Woonsocket, one-time hub of manufacturing, is almost out of good industrial space. Dozens of mills...
Photo by John NanianMichael McMahon, the state's lead economic development director seen here at Quonset Point, discusses the re-branding of Rhode Island.

McMahon: R.I. poised for ‘a lot’ of development

Michael McMahon Position: Executive director, Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, and executive counselor to the governor on economic growth and community development Background: A 32-year veteran...

NHPRI chief picked for health insurance job

PROVIDENCE –Governor Donald L. Carcieri has chosen Christopher F. Koller, CEO of the Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island since 1996, as the state’s...

Carcieri picks new DCYF chief

Governor Donald L. Carcieri has chosen Patricia Martinez, his director of community relations, to head the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), replacing...

Blue Cross settles class-action suits for $17.5 million

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has settled two class-action suits for $17.5 million in connection with claims processing practices that allegedly...

RI Foundation grants $3.44 million

The Rhode Island Foundation is giving out $3.44 million in “strategy grants” to 87 groups and projects, more than half of it focused on...

Carcieri taps Brown geriatrics expert as health director

Governor Donald L. Carcieri has tapped Dr. David R. Gifford, a Brown Medical School professor and nationally known public health and geriatrics expert, to...
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