Marion Davis
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...
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...
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...











