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THE REMEDY: Parvo’s Paint & Flooring owner Bill Parvo displays various products he sells for lead-paint remediation. /

Home products retailer helps contractors learn to abate lead in the...

That Rhode Island has a problem with lead paint is not news. That it is more severe than in most other states is also...

Landlords await city tax bill after changes in residential, commercial tax...

Providence landlord Mary Ellis so far has avoided any decisions on rent increases. She’s waiting to see what her property tax bill looks like...

Massachusetts lottery posts $903M profit in FY2010, a 5.1% increase from...

BRAINTREE, Mass. – The Mass. State Lottery posted a $903 million profit in fiscal 2010, an increase of 5.1 percent from the previous year,...

National Grid gets $2.3M in stimulus funds for efficiency improvements

PROVIDENCE – National Grid has been awarded a $2.3 million American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 grant to offer oil- and propane-using consumers...

Carcieri removed from Master Lever suit since office has no power...

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri was dismissed this month from the lawsuit filed by Robert J. Healey Jr., Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian and...

Rhode Island to get $15.6M for jobless program, benefits from Washington

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor last week certified the release of $15.6 million in funds for the state of Rhode Island that...

Miriam stroke programs earn third ‘Gold Seal’ honor from Joint Commission

PROVIDENCE – For the third time, The Miriam Hospital has earned the Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission for Primary Stroke Centers,...

Insurers in Mass.required to pay for autism tests, services and treatment

BOSTON – A new law in Massachusetts requires health plans to cover essential diagnostic tests, medical treatment and services for children and adults with...

State delays decision on medical marijuana ‘compassion centers’

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health, which had said it would award licenses for medical marijuana dispensaries by July 21, is giving itself...
FIN? Steven Feinberg, executive director of the R.I. Film & Television Office, said that a cap on film tax credits could hinder plans to bring a large movie production to Rhode Island next year. /

Cap on tax credit program restricts expansion of film industry in...

Steven Feinberg leads the charge to promote filmmaking in the Ocean State. He helped establish the state’s film tax credit, created about five years...
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