Bridge fees said taking a toll on some businesses
A drop in attendance at the Newport mansions, one of the top tourist attractions in the state, was quickly halted in April when the...
RIAC gets no takers on profit plan
Facing a system that perpetually loses money, the R.I. Airport Corporation has been seeking a new way to manage its general-aviation airports by letting...
Chafee tax plans alive in Assembly
The General Assembly leadership may have sunk Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee’s controversial sales tax expansion – at least how he initially recommended it. But...
Politicians want private vendor to take over rest stops
MANSFIELD – Politicians plan to push to change federal highway regulations so a commercial vendor can take over the Interstate 95 rest stop in...
R.I. housing authorities get $139,000
PROVIDENCE – The federal government has allotted Rhode Island housing authorities $137,735 to hire staff that will provide job training, child care, counseling, transportation...
Chafee asks quasi-public agencies to review, cancel contracts
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee asked Rhode Island’s 17 quasi-public agencies to review all contracts for outside services and cancel those not “demonstrably...
National Grid full-year profit rises as U.S. margins improve
LONDON - National Grid Plc, the operator of Britain’s power-distribution network, said full-year profit rose as margins improved at the utility’s U.S. business.
Earnings from...
Report: Community dental services key to health care system
PROVIDENCE - The number of people served by “dental safety net” providers in Rhode Island – serving those who are uninsured, have Medicaid/RIte Care...
Verizon sees spectrum shortage pushing industry acquisitions
NEW YORK - Verizon Communications Inc. Chief Operating Officer Lowell McAdam said a shortage of airwaves made AT&T Inc.’s planned buyout of T-Mobile USA...
HITEP president to speak to Latino group
PROVIDENCE – Oscar Alexis Mejias, president and CEO of Hispanic Technology and Education Programs, will speak at a meeting of the Rhode Island Latino...
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