Mary Lhowe
Crossroads grows with Devlin at financial helm
Resources and services for Rhode Island's homeless have grown steadily wider, deeper and more progressive since the start of the millennium.
Part of the...
Med. budgets capped ?but firms don’t feel relief
Rhode Island Health Insurance Commissioner Dr. Kathleen Hittner turned the screws a little tighter last month to force lower medical costs and more-efficient care...
Stick with HealthSource? It comes down to cost
Would Rhode Island ease its painfully strained finances by bailing out of its homegrown health insurance exchange and leaping into the federal exchange under...
10 things that will turn Rhode Island around
Rhode Island woke up on New Year’s Day 2015 with a groaning hangover from years of wallowing in bad economic news. Standing by the...
Monetary rewards help spark healthy habits
People usually evaluate their health by simple observations: an ache in a joint or a lesion on the skin. As a corporate body, UnitedHealthcare...
Facilitating far-reaching effects of volunteerism
The basic task of Serve Rhode Island is to recruit volunteers across the state and link them to nonprofit groups that need their work....
Center tailors teaching to kids as individuals
Some people learn well in a lecture hall: seated and washed in a torrent of words, written and spoken. Some people learn with their...
Rewarding work at Amgen, but benefits a draw, too
How’s this for a job perk: knowing your work helps people suffering from painful, debilitating, chronic illnesses to get out of bed, move without...
Looking for male volunteers to mentor children in need
We’re all familiar with the billboard image and mission of Big Brothers and Big Sisters: a man or woman offering care, time and attention...
Forging a new/old path on economic development
When Keith W. Stokes left the Newport Chamber of Commerce in early 2010 to take a temporary appointment as head of the R.I. Economic...

















