East Providence wins $144K federal grant for Waterfront District redesign
EAST PROVIDENCE – A $144,410 federal grant from the U.S. Economic Development Agency has been awarded to the city to develop a transportation improvement...
Kilmartin announces $4.1M for environmental projects from Volkswagen settlement
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced Wednesday $4.1 million in grants for environmentally friendly projects, funded with money awarded in a...
Jackson, former Providence councilman, sentenced to 10 years, 1.5 years to...
PROVIDENCE – Former Providence City Councilman Kevin Jackson was sentenced to 10 years, with one and a half years to serve and the remainder...
DOR: 1% meal and beverage tax collections total $2.1M in Sept.
PROVIDENCE – Allocation of the local 1 percent meal and beverage tax totaled $2.1 million in September, a 19.2 percent decline year over year...
Report: Providence County accounts for majority of GDP in R.I., Washington...
PROVIDENCE – Providence County accounted for more real gross domestic product in Rhode Island than all other counties combined in 2015, according to a...
NUWC team wins Integrated Warfare Systems Excellence Award
NEWPORT – The Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems 5.0 Foreign Military Sales Team has won the PEO IWS Excellence Award. The team includes...
DEM announces $67.2K in grants to 4 farms for solar arrays
PROVIDENCE – Four Rhode Island farms received a combined $67,237 to install solar arrays, the R.I. Department of Environmental management announced Tuesday.The grants, made...
Cleanup efforts to continue at 4 R.I. ‘Superfund’ sites after EPA...
PROVIDENCE – The Environmental Protection Agency has completed comprehensive five-year reviews of four sites in Rhode Island that have been designated federal “Superfund” contamination...
R.I. among 42 states to reach $6M settlement with Encore Capital...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island joined 41 states and the District of Columbia in reaching a $6 million settlement with Encore Capital Group Inc. and...
IRS softens blow after tax law cut perks for nonprofit employees
NEW YORK - The Internal Revenue Service moved to soften the hit from a controversial provision in last year’s tax overhaul that imposes a tax...
