R.I. cities and towns lose tax-relief battle
STATE HOUSE – The Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns has lost its battle for a property-tax relief measure that would have allowed...
Long-term care bill would protect assets
STATE HOUSE – A new Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership approved by the R.I. General Assembly “means you can qualify for Medicaid without having to...
Amendment makes privatization an unlikely prospect
PROVIDENCE – An amendment to the fiscal 2008 state budget approved by the General Assembly – but vetoed by Gov. Donald L. Carcieri –...
RISD leases full Moshassuck Square
The Boston real estate firm that bought the Moshassuck Square Apartments in Providence this winter has signed a master lease for the 122-unit complex...
Housing costs still strain affordability
HousingWorks RI’s annual Fact Book makes clear, once again, that the lack of affordable housing puts the state’s employers at a disadvantage in attracting...
Reform – don’t destroy – foreign investment process
Much concern has been raised in recent years about the outsourcing of American jobs.
Yet there is another side to foreign investment: the growing investment...
Brown physicists catch single electron on video
PROVIDENCE – Using pulses of high-intensity sound, two Brown University physicists have succeeded in making a movie showing the motion of a single electron....
Home technology firm hosts weekly radio show
SWANSEA – Nick and Rob Sollecito, founders of Swansea-based home technology company Home Genius, recently began hosting a call-in radio show Sundays from...
Task force gauges the costs<br> of being poor in Providence
When you don’t have a bank account, cashing a paycheck can take a piece of your salary. If you don’t have a car, you...
Report: Housing costs still too high
Jennifer and Mike aren’t that different from a lot of young Rhode Island couples – 26 years old, fresh out of school and with...
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