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R.I. officers raise money for Braintree charity
While preparing for Monday’s Boston Marathon, Rhode Island State trooper raised $11,000 for the Braintree, Mass., charity Cops for Kids with Cancer.
Col. Steven G....
R.I. jobless rate drops in March
(Updated 4:19 p.m.) PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dipped to 6.3 percent for March, a one-tenth of a percentage point drop...
R.I. Convention Center Authority restructures debt
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Convention Center Authority on Thursday announced it has restructured a portion of its debt, saving taxpayers $5.7 million in the...
Redwood Library and Athenaeum, URI to share $1M bequest from Newport...
NEWPORT - Jane C. Ebbs, a native of Newport who died in December, has left $1 million in bequests collectively to the Redwood Library...
Governor announces Real Jobs RI plan to jump-start economy
PROVIDENCE – A new $1.3 million grant program will focus on employers’ needs in cultivating a stronger workforce to jump-start the Rhode Island economy,...
Sharma named provost at RISD
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island School of Design’s interim provost, Pradeep Sharma, has been promoted to provost.
As chief academic leader, Sharma will continue to work...
Lardaro: February snow failed to completely halt economic momentum
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - The impact of major snowstorms in Rhode Island in February distorted but did not completely disrupt economic momentum here, according to...
A focus on prevention
WellOne, today a comprehensive source of primary health and dental care, had its beginnings in an anti-tuberculosis association in 1909.
"Early on, we were making...
Profiting by doing good
Two students at Bryant University are convinced there is a business market for social good and hope to capitalize on it.
Avery Hill, pictured above,...
Mentors helping prepare new nonprofit leaders
Robert Randall, 33, was operations coordinator at the Providence After-School Alliance when the position of director of middle school initiatives became vacant.
Not only did...
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