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Despite Cox lawsuit, state officials aren’t slowing on high-speed internet program
Rhode Island’s economic-development agency is forging ahead with a $108 million high-speed internet program, despite a lawsuit from Cox Communications contesting the data used...
6 R.I. legislative primaries to watch
State legislative contests are scarce this year. But what they lack in number, they make up for in intrigue. From family feuds to a...
Biggest problem facing offshore wind energy isn’t broken blades. It’s public...
Jim Boyd’s heart sank the first time he saw the now-infamous image of a fractured wind turbine blade dangling above the Atlantic Ocean.
Not because...
Appeal of state’s $15B Medicaid contract highlights secrecy of process
It’s hard to make a case without all the facts.
Which is why the two health insurance companies denied a piece of the state’s $15.5 billion, five-year...
Mail ballot applications due Tuesday; early primary voting starts Wednesday
It’s a big week for Rhode Island elections, with upcoming deadlines for mail ballot applications and the start of early voting ahead of the...
In R.I.’s payday lending wilderness, a strong voice for reform
Minutes into his work day on a June Monday, Mike Healey saw a post by his social media-savvy boss in support of payday lending...
North Kingstown country club on rocky terrain in quest to keep...
It’s hard to miss the 600-foot-long seawall separating Quidnessett Country Club’s golf course from the salt marshes feeding into Narragansett Bay.
Even larger than the...
R.I. Superior Court judge sides with property owners in shoreline access...
The R.I. General Assembly overstepped its bounds in drawing a line in the sand on shoreline access, a Washington County Superior Court judge ruled.
The...
Prospect says it finally paid off its overdue bills at Roger...
Attorney General Peter Neronha has made it clear he doesn’t fully trust the owner of two urban safety net hospitals.
So will he take Prospect...
Ethics panel launches investigation into corrections department director
Less than two weeks into the job, R.I.'s Department of Corrections director is under investigation by the state ethics panel.
The R.I. Ethics Commission voted...
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