State of the state: Much work remains
In the last year of what has been a very tumultuous second term, with the state buffeted by dire economic forces beyond its control,...
Mass. budget keeps METCO funding
BOSTON – Gov. Deval L. Patrick said last week that he has allocated $18.5 million in funding for the METCO program in his fiscal...
Judge approves Twin River plan
LINCOLN – UTGR Inc., the owner of the Twin River slot parlor and dog-racing track, won court approval of the document explaining its reorganization...
Business leaders await tax relief
Gov. Donald L. Carcieri’s pledge last week to create more jobs through tax relief and tax credits for small businesses, while opposing income or...
GPS makes old marine navigation system obsolete
The federal government plans to shut down a 53-year-old marine navigation system next week, but the Rhode Island Commercial Fishermen’s Association and most others...
Blue Cross rate requests will be tough to dismiss
Six months ago, facing a public firestorm, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and its two chief competitors withdrew requests to raise...
Mass., R.I. approaches to ocean management differ
If it were a race, Massachusetts would have won, delivering its ocean-management plan for the waters off its coast six months before Rhode Island...
Will Lifespan-CNE merger cut health care costs?
To the Editor:
As reported in Providence Business News (“Report: System hospitals paid more by insurers,” Jan. 25, 2010), the health insurance commissioner’s report on...
Wind turbines approved at Field’s Point
PROVIDENCE – Three wind turbines at the Narragansett Bay Commission’s (NBC) Field’s Point Wastewater Treatment Facility may just fly. The Federal Aviation Administration has...
Panel: 6 R.I. cities, towns face fiscal crisis
PROVIDENCE – A state task force is recommending more state monitoring of municipal budgets after at least six Rhode Island cities and towns fared...