Exploring Latinos’ culture along with their language
The two-day Spanish immersion program starts with a typical Dominican breakfast. Co-creator Sixcia Devine is Dominican, after all, as are many others in Providence.
Then...
Most Americans support Senate immigration bill
Most Americans back a guest-worker program and a proposal allowing illegal immigrants to become U.S. citizens that were part of legislation the Senate shelved...
Latino market advice with an eye for the nuances
George L. Ortiz Jr. is making sure his company, Hispanic Research Group, has a presence wherever Latino populations are growing significantly.
It’s important for...
Partners help DOT diversify
A new R.I. Department of Transportation program is looking to take a full-circle approach to providing local minority-owned firms their chance to get work...
Employers pressured to solve health crisis
No one wants people to be without health insurance. We want those who are sick to receive needed health care, and we want to...
Gauging pros, cons of electronic health records
It’s not just the cost, doctors say. It’s the time, the effort and the lack, in many cases, of a visible payoff. Even the...
Forum looks at risks of privatizing public services
As the legislative session comes to an end, the looming budget deficit is putting increasing pressure on the state’s leaders to consider draconian measures,...
R.I. hits record job count in spite of slow economy
With the war in Iraq, the mortgage foreclosure crisis and many other factors dampening the economy nationally and in Rhode Island, observers have been...
URI index: R.I. economy continues to slow down
University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro said last week that the Current Conditions Index for April shows the state’s economy is slowing.
Lardaro said...
Slater invests $500,000 in Middletown robotics firm
The Slater Technology Fund last week announced it has committed $500,000 to Innovention Technologies LLC, a medical robotics startup founded in western Pennsylvania that...
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