Legislators seek input on post office closure
SMITHFIELD – Sen. John J. Tassoni Jr., D-Smithfield, and Rep. Peter J. Petrarca, D-Lincoln, are asking residents to attend a meeting to discuss the...
Unemployment rates up in 17 Mass. markets
BOSTON – The Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development said last week that the June seasonally unadjusted unemployment rates were up in...
Raytheon profits rise in second quarter
WALTHAM, Mass. – Profits rose at Raytheon Co. in the second quarter as the Massachusetts-based defense contractor rebounded from a canceled contract at its...
Mass. attorney general sues Johnson & Johnson
BOSTON – Massachusetts’ attorney general sued Johnson & Johnson’s Ortho-McNeil-Janssen unit for improper marketing of the anti-psychotic drug Risperdal, Bloomberg News reported last week.
The...
UMass Report: Mass. gross state product continues to grow
HADLEY, Mass. – Massachusetts’ economic production continues to expand, according to a report published last month by the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute.
According...
New law lets city mayor bargain school contracts
PROVIDENCE – Future negotiations for school contracts have been put in the hands of the mayor instead of the city’s appointed school board, under...
Central Falls’ tab for top 20 creditors is $651K
Since the Great Recession hit, concrete contractor Cardi Corp. has been cautious with extending credit to its customers. For a long time, Cardi executives...
Aid formula boosts some, curbs others
Pauline Silva has been bracing for this school year for a while now.
The director of administration and finance at the Bristol-Warren School District,...
Incentives for saving encourage self-sufficiency
Each year millions of Americans carefully save their hard-earned dollars in retirement savings accounts like 401(k)s or IRAs with dreams of a secure retirement....
Arts groups must support each other in tough economy
Jean Rondeau is a longtime supporter of the arts, particularly in northern Rhode Island where he lives. He was an early leader of the...
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