AAA: R.I. gas prices reach record $3.249
PROVIDENCE – Gasoline prices in Rhode Island are at an all-time high after rising 4 cents over the past week, AAA Southern New England...
Historic tax-credit solution equitable
Everyone understands that closing the state’s huge budget deficit means making very unpleasant choices. So it was with the passage of the bill last...
Pulitzer-winning writer to speak on ‘green’ tech
PROVIDENCE — Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman is set to speak at Brown University on April 22.
Friedman’s Earth Day address,...
Export-control reform has begun, but more to be done
On Jan. 22, President George W. Bush signed a package of U.S. export-reform directives aimed at achieving an appropriate balance between two critical objectives...
Fewer children in R.I. now living in poverty
Fifteen percent of Rhode Island children ages 18 and under were living below the federal poverty threshold in 2006, according to the new Rhode...
Revaluation only adds to the unfairness of taxes
North Providence Mayor Charles Lombardi seems to have done the impossible. He has presented the Town Council a budget increase of 0.0087 percent, essentially...
Service strategy builds sustainable business
How can you dramatically and cost effectively position your organization to create a dominant brand in the market? It’s a question that can be...
10 ways to ease pain at the gas pump
Dear Dan: Two years ago when gasoline prices took off, we coped by cutting back and dealing with the pain. Now things are even...
Early-retirement offers are not for everyone
The recent announcement by Delta Airlines that early-buyout packages will be offered to about half of its nearly 60,000 workers is the latest salvo...
Bill curtails historic tax credits
Construction hasn’t started yet on a 17-building, mixed-use, mill renovation in East Providence called Phillipsdale Landing, but the developer learned recently he won’t be...