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SouthCoast Wind developer to pay $60.4M to break contracts with Mass....
Breaking a contract comes at a price.
In the case of the Massachusetts offshore wind developer reneging on its power purchase agreements with utility companies,...
Vertical construction on Pawtucket soccer stadium to start ‘within the month’
A victory for soccer fans and state officials backing the $124 million Pawtucket soccer stadium: Construction has resumed after a months-long timeout, with 23...
Ranked-choice voting advocates empowered after CD1 primary results
Calls for voting reform grew to a roar in the days heading into Rhode Island’s competitive and crowded Democratic congressional primary.
Now on the other...
Newspaper endorsements scarce for candidates in crowded CD1 race
Former Providence Journal reporter Linda Levin remembers the impassioned debates within, and outside, the newsroom over newspaper endorsements in political races.
It wasn’t just a...
Remote work, gig economy impacting R.I. jobs data
More Rhode Islanders are working, but the state is losing jobs, according to the latest monthly report from the R.I. Department Labor and Training.
Wait,...
Drama over snubs and no-shows hangs over CD1 debates
Drama over debates in the 1st Congressional District race extends well beyond the confines of the stage.
Who gets invited – or snubbed – and...
New state election panel member speaks out on Matos signature scandal
Randy Jackvony insists he’s confident that Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos gathered enough signatures to make the 1st Congressional District Democratic primary ballot.
But he wants...
The high stress, high stakes world of CD1 campaign managers
Brexton Isaacs’ resume reads like an ambitious travel itinerary.
Iowa, New Hampshire, Ohio, New York: The 31-year-old has worked in 10 states on at least...
Legislative study commissions used to be where bills went to die....
Ten years have passed since Rep. Jennifer Boylan crouched next to her son in his fourth grade classroom, practicing what to do if someone...
Dispensary challenges labor provisions of recreational marijuana law
Amid growing tensions with its workers over labor standards and unionization, a Portsmouth marijuana dispensary is taking aim at the state’s recreational cannabis law.
Greenleaf...
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