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FITCH RATINGS has upgraded the city of Providence financial outlook to "positive" and affirmed the "A-" rating for two of its general obligation bonds and its "BBB" issuer default rating for the city.

Fitch Ratings upgrades Providence’s financial outlook, affirms ratings

Financial Services 11/23/2021

PROVIDENCE – The city of Providence is holding steady financially, according to Fitch Ratings. The agency has affirmed "A-" ratings for two of the city's...

COVID-19-RELATED initial unemployment insurance filings in Rhode Island have totaled 80,168 since March 9. / AP FILE PHOTO/ERIC GAY

1,419 more people seek R.I. pandemic unemployment assistance; UI claims rise...

Uncategorized 07/02/2020

PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment assistance filings in Rhode Island climbed by 1,419 on Wednesday, to 80,659, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training said...

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE hospitalized with COVD-19 in Rhode Island declined t0 206 on Sunday, the lowest number since early April. COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. reports seven new COVID-19-related deaths, 106 new cases on Sunday

Coronavirus 05/31/2020

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health reported seven COVID-19 deaths and 106 new cases on Sunday, and the number of people hospitalized with...

DELTA AIR LINES INC. announced Friday that it is suspending service at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick at least until Sept. 30. PBN FILE PHOTO / MIKE SKORSKI

Delta suspends all service at T.F. Green Airport

Coronavirus 05/08/2020

PROVIDENCE – Delta Air Lines Inc. has suspended flights in and out of T.F. Green Airport and nine other smaller airports nationwide, at least...

FORMER TWIN RIVER Worldwide Holdings Inc. Executive Chairman John E. Taylor Jr. addresses attendees at Providence Business News' Business Excellence Awards dinner in 2016. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Longtime Twin River chairman John Taylor ‘reluctantly’ steps down

Economy 12/09/2019

LINCOLN – Twin River Worldwide Holdings Inc. Executive Chairman John E. Taylor Jr. said Monday that he is “reluctantly” stepping down and giving up...

Retired R.I. Superior Court Presiding Justice Joseph F. Rodgers Jr. died Friday at the age of 78. COURTESY R.I. JUDICIARY

Retired R.I. Superior Court Presiding Justice Joseph F. Rodgers Jr. dies...

Government 12/06/2019

PROVIDENCE – Retired R.I. Superior Court Presiding Justice Joseph F. Rodgers Jr., who had served in that role for 18 years, died at home...

Five Questions With: John King

Education 11/26/2019

For years, video games have been seen in many circles as a mind-numbing, time-wasting sedentary activity that keeps children – and young adults, for...

Five Questions With: Andrew Bikash

Education 11/12/2019

University of Rhode Island students Andrew Bikash and Ben Grossman saw a need on campus, and they've developed an app to meet that need....

Five Questions With: Marcela Betancur

Education 10/29/2019

When the results of the 2018-2019 Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System were released last week, they showed that the overall performance of students in...