Bryant professor: Reporting could have averted crisis
SMITHFIELD – The nation’s investment banking crisis may have been lessened, and perhaps even avoided, if the United States had laws requiring the widespread...
RWU to showcase works of Anthony Quinn
BRISTOL – The Anthony Quinn Foundation and Roger Williams University will team up to preserve and showcase the artistic creations and collections of the...
Retirement suddenly unrealistic for some
Financial counselor Kathleen Sullivan says she recently met with a client who is semi-retired and, until the last few weeks, thought he was financially...
Hospitals stepping up safety efforts
How it happens is easy to see: A drug meant for an elderly man in Room 205 is accidentally given to another elderly man...
JWU has vision for campus expansions
The view from the Rolo Building, Johnson & Wales University’s recently opened student-services building, isn’t so charming right now. From the building’s new glass...
Net-metering laws start to yield results
It’s a small victory, but small victories taken together can yield big results. And in the field of energy, that is definitely worth celebrating.
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Exodus may change state services
With the R.I. Economic Policy Council predicting that the amount of state employees retiring this year will be the largest percentage in at least...
Medicine still needs the personal touch
The evidence is overwhelming that electronic medical records (EMRs) go a long way toward limiting dosing errors and other mistakes of sloppy penmanship and...
EQIP helps R.I. farmers improve conservation
The federal farm bill takes a lot of flack when Congress reauthorizes it every five years. But here in Rhode Island, the legislation is...
Preserving farmland has aesthetic, economic benefits
When future generations of Little Compton residents look around and appreciate the tiny seaside community’s rolling fields of undeveloped land, they will have George...
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