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A BARN in the Hopkins Hollow-Roaring Brook Historic District, which was recently placed on the National Register of Historic Places.  /

W.G. village added to register

WEST GREENWICH – A village in West Greenwich and western Coventry has made the National Register of Historic Places, the R.I. Historical Preservation &...
A GOVERNMENT REPORT on job losses in Rhode Island and neighboring states will examine the impact of offshoring on manufacturing employment. /

U.S. Senate votes to study job loss in N.E.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to have Congress’ investigative arm conduct an extensive study of why New England and the Midwest have...
"ETI IS not an asset class, but a policy that realizes opportunities from across all the areas the fund already invests in," said R.I. General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio. /

Five Questions With: Frank T. Caprio

The R.I. State Investment Commission recently adopted a new policy allowing for some of the state’s pension funds to be placed in investments to...

R.I. gets $4M for Wickford MBTA station

NORTH KINGSTOWN – The R.I. Department of Transportation will receive $4.4 million from the federal government to build a parking garage and platform at...

COBRA subsidy gets 31-day extension

WASHINGTON – Along with unemployment benefits, the bill approved by the U.S. Senate on Wednesday after the end of Kentucky Republican Sen. Jim Bunning’s...

Brown/Blue Cross breach reported

WASHINGTON – A health care privacy breach involving about 528 people at Brown University covered by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island...

Wind-energy industry needs uniform rules

For all its byzantine regulatory nightmares, Rhode Island is remarkably advanced in addressing the uses of the ocean waters. The Special Area Management Plan...
CHIKAELO N. IBEABUCHI, left, is presented with the Diversity Scholarship by John F.X. Lawler, managing shareholder of Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. /

Law firm gives $10K in support of diversity

The law firm Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. has announced the award of its $10,000 Diversity Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded each year to...

C.F. union files charges over firings

PROVIDENCE – The Central Falls Teachers’ Union last week filed labor-relations charges after the school district voted to fire the high school’s entire faculty. The...

CVS subpoenaed for ‘possible false’ claims

WOONSOCKET – CVS Caremark Corp., the largest U.S. provider of prescription drugs, received a subpoena from a federal agency concerning “possible false or otherwise...
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