U.S., Kansas lawmakers take aim at CVS
WOONSOCKET – CVS Caremark Corp. is taking incoming fire from new sources: lawmakers in Washington, D.C., and Topeka, Kan.
The House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce,...
$3.3M grant to combat teen smoking
PROVIDENCE – The city of Providence has won a $3.3 million federal stimulus grant to fund a campaign with the R.I. Department of Health...
Panel: decriminalize tiny amounts of marijuana
PROVIDENCE – A state Senate commission has ruled that possession of a small amount of marijuana should not be a criminal offense in Rhode...
State sells Johnston computer center
JOHNSTON – The state received permission last week to sell the property housing its computer data center to the owner of a car dealership.
The...
Davey appointed new head of Mass. DOT
BOSTON – Gov. Deval L. Patrick and Mass. Department of Transportation Secretary and CEO Jeffrey Mullan last week appointed Richard A. Davey as the...
Amtrak seeks $446 million for upgrades
WASHINGTON – Amtrak, the U.S. long-distance passenger railroad, asked Congress for $446 million to begin replacing locomotives and passenger cars as President Barack Obama...
New sales tax won’t solve R.I. budget problems
When former U.S. Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee recently announced his campaign for governor, he explained that Rhode Island faced an untenable budget situation and...
Don’t use nonprofits to balance budget
Desperate times ... well, you know. So we understand that R.I. House Finance Committee Chairman Steven M. Costantino, D-Providence, was just looking under every...
Knowledge only real antidote to recession
Moody’s Economy.com delivered some good news last week for the Bay State.
The economic forecasting firm said that Massachusetts began its recovery from the...
New health law includes tax credit for businesses
For a few weeks, it looked like health care reform was dead. And either way, supporters reasoned, Rhode Island shouldn’t just sit and wait...
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