Opportunity Zone rules aim to draw capital to distressed areas
NEW YORK – It will be easier to invest in businesses and real estate in low-income communities throughout the United States now that the...
R.I. ranks in middle of the pack in Bloomberg Innovation Index
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked No. 23 on the Bloomberg 2019 U.S. Innovation Index released this week. The organization said that Rhode Island had...
Mass. DPU approves Vineyard Wind PPA
PROVIDENCE – The Mass. Department of Public Utilities approved both purchase price agreements between distribution companies and Vineyard Wind LLC Tuesday, taking the state...
Report: R.I. a leader in quality pre-K, but access still too...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has boosted spending and enrolled more children in prekindergarten, but access to public preschool programs remains low in the Ocean...
Navy’s $128B nuclear sub project faces watchdog’s review
NEW YORK – The Pentagon’s inspector general plans to audit how well the U.S. Navy is overseeing development of the propulsion and steering...
National Grid files to redact pricing info, proprietary market projections in...
PROVIDENCE – National Grid Rhode Island has filed a petition with the R.I. Public Utilities Commission to redact from public disclosure several responses related...
CVS pays $535K in civil penalties over alleged filling of invalid...
PROVIDENCE – CVS Health Corp. has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $535,000 to resolve federal allegations that the company’s retail stores violated...
State leaders push for broader pension plan transparency
PROVIDENCE – Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio, D-Providence, and House Majority Leader K. Joseph Shekarchi, D-Warwick, have introduced bills to require pension plans managed...
Better Markets report criticizes megabanks for misdeeds
PROVIDENCE – While CEOs of the nation’s biggest banks appeared before Congress last week in hopes of making a case that regulatory reforms since...
Application period begins for USDA fiscal ’19 conservation program
WARWICK – The next deadline for fiscal 2019 U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Conservation Stewardship Program is May 10, the department announced Monday.The program, which...
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