Five R.I. entities to receive grants for lead poisoning
PROVIDENCE – Five Rhode Island organizations and entities working on various aspects of lead poisoning were awarded grants this month, Attorney General Peter Kilmartin...
Medical marijuana seen as a growth industry
The medical-marijuana industry will go from a zero to a multimillion-dollar business in Rhode Island within just three years under estimates provided by dispensaries...
Airport parking in decline
Earlier this year Jeffrey Nelson became the 1,000th person to sign up for T.F. Green Airport’s Frequent Parker Program. Airport officials touted the milestone,...
This hotel points to R.I.’s future economy
With 8,800 people working at its 164 companies, Quonset Business Park is clearly a validation of the state’s approach to reusing the former naval...
Main Street needs more than consulting
Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee has made five items the focus of his economic-development plans, and improving the health of the state’s urban-core Main Street...
Tall ship to have 19th-century look, modern gear
If only Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry had this ship in his battles with the British during the War of 1812. The ship bearing the...
Cheaper pedestrian bridge eyed
City officials settled on a design for the Providence River pedestrian bridge more than three months ago, but the details of the high-profile project...
Unemployment up in all 22 Massachusetts areas
BOSTON – The Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development said last week that January seasonally unadjusted unemployment rates were up in all...
Fed says U.S. economy is on ‘firmer footing’
Federal Reserve policymakers said the recovery is gaining strength and that higher energy prices will have a temporary effect on inflation, while reaffirming plans...
Locally filmed ‘Body of Proof’ set to premiere
As debate over the state film tax credit continues, film advocates can point to “Body of Proof,” the ABC-TV drama filmed in Rhode Island...
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