DEM offers grants for pumpout projects
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management is now accepting applications for grants to build, retrofit, replace or maintain marine pumpout facilities.
The program...
Producer prices surge 1.0% in March
WASHINGTON – The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods, a measure of wholesale prices, rose 1.0 percent last month after seasonal adjustment, the U.S....
Central Transport faces $109,500 in OSHA fines
SEEKONK – Central Transport Inc. faces $109,500 in proposed fines for alleged “repeat and serious violations of safety standards” at its terminal at 1761...
Fed leaning toward rate hike, minutes show
Federal Reserve policymakers – no longer confident that inflation will subside on its own – again are considering raising interest rates, the...
Study: Airports add $2.1B to R.I. economy
WARWICK – Rhode Island’s commercial and general aviation airports generate $2.1 billion in economic activity each year, nearly $2 billion of which comes from...
Mass. waives SCHIP premiums<br> for some low-income kids
BOSTON – Gov. Deval Patrick yesterday directed MassHealth to waive insurance premiums for low-income children, affecting thousands of families with children in or...
R.I., Mass. in multistate plan<br> to reduce mercury pollution in N.E.
Rhode Island and six other states yesterday joined in announcing Clean Water Act standards that include a call for a 90-percent reduction in mercury...
R.I. launches Community Hospital Task Force
PROVIDENCE – The creation of a state Community Hospital Task Force was announced yesterday by Gov. Donald L. Carcier and Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts.
The...
IMF: U.S. economy will grow only 2% this year
WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund today cut its forecast for U.S. economic growth in 2007 to 2.2 percent, from its September estimate of...
Poll: 60% of Americans say recession is near
Sixty percent of Americans expect a recession within the next year, and 57 percent disapprove of President George W. Bush’s handling of the economy,...
