Cotality: R.I. home price index jumps 3.41% year over year in...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island home price index increased 3.41% year over year in June, the second-highest growth rate in New England, according to Cotality.
Rhode Island’s...
Inflation cooled last month as gas prices fell, though costs remain...
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. inflation slowed last month and a measure of underlying price pressures also cooled, suggesting higher oil and gas prices from the...
Could R.I. Supreme Court ruling have affect on many liquor licenses?
PROVIDENCE – In addition to churches and schools, the majority owners of land within 200 feet of a proposed premises can block the issuance...
FM acquires northern California wildfire intelligence provider
PROVIDENCE – FM, the Johnston-based global commercial property insurer, has acquired FortressFire, a northern California wildfire intelligence provider.
Terms of the deal announced on Aug. 10 were not disclosed.
FortressFire will continue to operate as...
Sturdy Health opens cancer clinic with Dana-Farber
ATTLEBORO – Sturdy Health, a Massachusetts network of healthcare facilities, has opened a new ambulatory cancer clinic in partnership with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Located at 20 O'Neil...
Sales of U.S. existing homes fall 1.7% in July as record...
WASHINGTON (AP) – Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed again in July as record prices and the highest mortgage rates in a year prove to be...
R.I., Mass. gas prices drop amid uncertainty in Iran war
PROVIDENCE – The average weekly price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island decreased 11 cents to $3.96 per gallon, AAA Northeast said Tuesday.
That price is 5 cents...
Connect with Commerce: Businesses can still pay 5.99% PTET rate
(Editor’s note: This is the fourth in an occasional series focused on questions from Providence Business News readers for R.I. Secretary of Commerce Stefan...
R.I. judge tosses Trump’s latest attempt to reconfigure federal homelessness programs
A Rhode Island federal judge has again blocked the Trump administration from siphoning federal funds from no-strings-attached housing for formerly homeless individuals.
In a pair...
Providence Journal parent sees Q2 profit fall to $9.1M
PROVIDENCE – USA Today Co., parent company of The Providence Journal and several other local newspapers, on Thursday reported a second-quarter profit of $9.1...

















