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Casino puts BioPark in doubt
FALL RIVER – City officials’ decision to back using a 300-acre site here to build a resort-style casino instead of a planned biotechnology park...
C. Falls’ debt surged prior to insolvency
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PROVIDENCE – Central Falls’ borrowing rose significantly in the three years before its leaders declared insolvency last week, according to an analysis...
Study: Cities, towns can share functions
PROVIDENCE – Cities and towns in Rhode Island should share public-safety dispatch systems and information technology, and work together on tax collections, according to...
Cox putting up cell-phone towers in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Cox Communications Inc. has started constructing wireless towers in Rhode Island as it lays the groundwork to begin offering cell phone service...
Rise in broadest R.I. jobless rate slowing
PROVIDENCE – The federal government’s broadest measure of unemployment in Rhode Island averaged 19.4 percent in the year ended March 31, according to the...
Gas prices fall 7 cents with oil near $70
PROVIDENCE – Gasoline prices in Rhode Island have fallen for the second week in a row, AAA Southern New England reported Monday.
The auto club’s...
R.I. down to 4th-worst jobless rate in U.S.
PROVIDENCE – California’s unemployment rate passed Rhode Island’s in April to become the third-worst in the nation, the U.S. Labor Department reported Friday.
Rhode Island’s...
R.I. Senate OKs 4 of 9 bills to cut red tape
PROVIDENCE – The Senate on Thursday passed four bills that were part of the legislative package state leaders unveiled earlier this month in a...
Woonsocket, N. Prov ratings near junk
PROVIDENCE – Fitch Ratings this week slashed its credit rating on Woonsocket’s general obligation bonds by four notches and slapped a negative ratings watch...
Nortek sales fall in 1Q after bankruptcy
PROVIDENCE – Home products maker Nortek Inc. said this week its sales were lower in this year’s first quarter as it continued to rebuild...
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