New plan drops Bay State auto premiums by 7.8%
The move to a more competitive auto insurance industry in Massachusetts will lead to an average cut in premiums of 7.8 percent, according to...
RIDOT director steers past road blocks in first year
In less than a year in his role as director of the R.I. Department of Transportation, Jerome F. Williams has been forced to steer...
R.I. Hospital fined in 3rd wrong-site surgery this year
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health said last week that it has issued a reprimand to Rhode Island Hospital and fined the facility...
Paramount to develop combat-control system
MIDDLETOWN – Paramount Solutions Inc. has been awarded $1.6 million to develop an advanced combat-control system for Navy submarines.
The new model will integrate...
Mass. reform may have large impact on Southcoast
Community hospitals in the Fall River and New Bedford areas are worried that Massachusetts’ health care reform could ultimately prove costly to them.
And that,...
Keep state’s eye on innovation ball
It’s understandable in the state’s current climate of fiscal crisis that all manner of public investment would be called into question. In the face...
R.I. must find own path in order to reform health care
As the health care reform discussion advances on many fronts in Rhode Island, there is increasing focus on the program in place to the...
FCC must change network rules to spur investment
Tomorrow’s technology is available today in Rhode Island. Fiber-optic services like ultra-fast broadband and high-definition TV are already available to many Rhode Islanders, and...
Editorial Cartoon: Housing-market makeover
Beneath a headline that reads "Extreme Makeover: Housing Market Edition" stretches a McMansion, bearing the label "before" and beneath it, a mobile home, bearing...
Six startups given R.I. innovation credit
In 2005, Rajiv Kumar founded a company to market a team-based, employee-wellness program, based on a model and software platform he pioneered with his...
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