Casino gambling a perennial hot topic since ’90s
The town-wide “straw vote” on a Narragansett Indian casino in West Warwick came on a day so hot in June 1999 that then-Gov. Lincoln...
‘Perfect storm’ leads to housing boom in the city
During the recession of the early 1990s, housing development in Providence slowed along with the city’s real estate values. Just ask Arnold “Buff” Chace...
Tourism flourishes, yields billions for R.I. economy
It looked like difficult times for Rhode Island’s travel economy when David DePetrillo became the state’s tourism director in 1983.
Providence had just come out...
Credit union crisis shook R.I., left deep scars
Throngs of angry depositors gathered in the parking lot outside of Woonsocket’s Marquette Credit Union in the summer of 1991. Like thousands of Rhode...
Quonset Business Park: The land of opportunity
At the R.I. Economic Development Corporation’s offices in Providence, there’s a white board with a list of what Rhode Island needs to prosper in...
City’s river relocation spawns revitalization
They called it the “Chinese Wall.”
A series of elevated railroad tracks cutting through Providence, it had become a sign of the city’s decline. It...
Fed raises rate to 1.25 percent,<br> maintains ‘measured’ pace
Federal Reserve policy-makers raised
the U.S. benchmark interest rate by a quarter-point to 1.25
percent and reiterated that further increases can come at a
"measured'' pace, as...
State’s film director looks to put R.I. in limelight
When Steven Feinberg sees a beautiful seascape, a cobblestone roadway or a
vast open space in Rhode Island, he pictures it on...
Critical Junction
Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld said in 1991 that if there
wasn’t a commuter rail from Boston to New Bedford and...
Can the spam
New law targets unwanted e-mail; gets mixed review
After more than six years of kicking around Congress, while inboxes around the country continued...
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