Webster receives Treasury funds
WATERBURY, Conn. – Webster Financial Corp. (NYSE: WBS), the parent of Webster Bank, has received $400 million in new capital under the U.S. Treasury’s...
Officials warn about health-discount cards
CRANSTON – Prompted by a string of inquiries about a prominently advertised health discount card, Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher F. Koller’s office has issued...
Studies: Medicare Advantage increases costs, not care
WASHINGTON – Two studies published last week in the journal Health Affairs show that Medicare Advantage plans, which now cover about 10.1 million people,...
Five Questions With: Bill Flynn
Nearly 1 in 7 Rhode Island residents is over 65, and almost 1 in 40 is over 85, according to the U.S. Census Bureau....
Medicaid waiver may fall short
The buzzword is “choice.” Rather than force elderly and disabled Rhode Islanders to go into nursing homes – because it is the only option...
R.I. manufacturers make their case
Manufacturing in Rhode Island is caught between the old and the new.
Economic-development planners talk about the need to attract knowledge-based industries with high-skilled jobs....
Fix short term, but invest for long term
At the top of the state’s to-do list is BALANCE THE BUDGET.
The short-term problem is how to match revenue and expenses over the...
Don’t let low cost stop energy innovation
Low oil and natural gas prices are good for consumers and good for businesses. The only problem is, they tend to reduce the passion...
EDC issues rules for fund to spur renewable energy
State officials are in the final stages of overhauling Rhode Island’s multimillion-dollar Renewable Energy Development Fund.
The fund receives about $200,000 per month from an...
Fluctuating energy prices make budget planning tough
It has been a whiplash-inducing couple of months for the men and women who manage energy costs at their respective organizations.
On July 11, the...
