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NAACP Providence president charged with campaign finance violations
PROVIDENCE – A former Providence City Council candidate and newly elected president of the city’s chapter of the NAACP has been charged with violating...
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to spend $1M to study Fox...
PROVIDENCE – Efforts to keep Providence’s iconic flood barrier on top of rising waters will get a $1 million boost from the U.S. Army...
Webster Bank reports $644M profit for 2022, boosted by Sterling merger
STAMFORD, Conn. – Webster Financial Corp. continues to reap financial benefits – and some extra costs – from a $10.3 billion merger with a...
BankRI parent reports $110M 2022 profit ahead of N.Y. acquisition
PROVIDENCE – Brookline Bancorp Inc. saw annual profits dip 4.9% just ahead of closing a $313 million deal to buy a New York bank.
The...
Washington Trust reports $72M 2022 profit, record loans
WESTERLY – Rising interest rates, typically a boon for banks’ bottom lines, weren’t enough to offset inflationary headwinds for Washington Trust Bancorp Inc., which...
Breeze announces R.I. job postings for new T.F. Green hub
PROVIDENCE – Breeze Airways is staffing up as it prepares to open a permanent base out of Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport in...
Coastal regulators again delay decision on controversial South Kingstown oyster farm
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A five-year battle over a new oyster and scallop farm in a local saltwater pond isn’t over, with coastal regulators opting to...
Citizens: Business climate dips below recession line as rate hikes take...
PROVIDENCE – Growth mode is over, at least for now.
Citizens Financial Group Inc. on Tuesday reported that fourth-quarter business conditions nationwide and in Rhode...
Citizens leaders expect ‘moderate’ recession in 2023
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. is preparing for a “moderate” recession in the year ahead, company leaders said in an earnings call Jan....
Five Questions With: Helen Anthony
Helen Anthony, who represents Ward 2 on the Providence City Council, was recently elected as chairperson of the council’s Committee on Finance. She was...
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