Carcieri signs ‘decoupling’ into law
(Updated, 2:40 p.m.)
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri signed legislation last week that allows National Grid to restructure its electric and natural gas rates.
The...
Deadline approaching for SBA flood loans
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Small Business Administration is encouraging businesses affected by the March flooding to apply for disaster-recovery loans before the deadline closes...
Bill would regulate discount plans
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is taking steps to regulate a slew of “affordable health care plans” and other products that are advertised to look...
Legislators must keep Central Falls in mind
When the history books are written, the decision by R.I. Superior Court Justice Michael A. Silverstein to place Central Falls into receivership may come...
It’s time to reconsider expanded gambling
State lawmakers may be a bit late to the party in taking up a proposal at the end of the legislative session to allow...
College grads will soon flood weak job market
Ten months after graduating from Ohio State University with a civil-engineering degree and three internships, Matt Grant finally has a job – as a...
Cigarette revenue up, sales down in Mass.
BOSTON – Massachusetts cigarette sales have dropped but related tax revenue jumped in the nearly two years since the state excise tax increased by...
Mass. DOT selling $1.1B in tax-exempt securities
BOSTON – The Mass. Department of Transportation, which runs the oldest subway system in the U.S., is selling $1.1 billion in tax-exempt securities, as...
Lynch backs bill aimed at stopping corruption
PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch announced his support this month for public-corruption legislation introduced in the Rhode Island House by a candidate...
Study: Housing funding creates $400M in activity
PROVIDENCE – In what its authors call the first study of its kind, HousingWorksRI released a report on May 7 that said $25 million...
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