Government

NEW YORK - For states ready to legalize gambling, banks hold many of the cards.The Supreme Court ruled this week that states can allow...

Is the future of Rhode Island employment in microgreens? Or is it in super-fast, quantum computers, innovative new materials or promising cancer treatments?How does...

As Rhode Island’s population becomes more diverse, business and government entities are encountering more people who need goods and services but who have trouble...

Rhode Island has invested heavily in its port infrastructure in recent years, to retrofit what had been created with the last century’s industries in...

If we could somehow capture all the energy expended on Twitter when California approved new rooftop solar standards, we’d solve our climate problems immediately.The...

Eating too much added sugar has become one of the riskiest health behaviors in the modern world. None too soon, governments are waking up...

In an important decision for states’ rights announced May 14, the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed New Jersey to permit sports gambling, both by...

PROVIDENCE – Richard D’Antuono, 42, a former business manager and financial secretary for the Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons International Association Local 40 in...

FALL RIVER – Jeffrey L. Driscoll, a Somerset attorney, was unanimously approved May 14 to head the Fall River Housing Authority, replacing interim executive...

PROVIDENCE – The Bomes Theatre is being taken over by Fernando J. Tavares, owner of Tavares LLC, a local general contractor, the city announced...