Bill would create opt-out registry for junk mail
PROVIDENCE – Rep. David A. Segal, D-Providence, has submitted legislation that would create a junk mail opt-out registry in Rhode Island, similar to the...
R.I. to get boost in Title I funds for poor students
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rhode Island will receive a $3.1 million increase in Title I funding in fiscal year 2007, for a total of more...
Bill would make tuition, fees tax-deductible in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – A Burrillville legislator has introduced legislation to apply the same deductions for college tuition and fees to Rhode Island income taxes as...
Education chief sees progress,<br> but also much left to do
Peter J. McWalters has been Rhode Island’s elementary and secondary education commissioner since 1992, leading the implementation of several key reforms – from Article...
R.I. bureaucracy so infuriating the state is turning off people
I am a parent of a third-year student at the New England Institute of Technology. I won’t begin to tell you the amount of...
RIPEC: State needs ‘fiscal get-well plan’
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Public Expenditures Council today released its analysis of the governor’s proposed budget for fiscal 2008, and called for the...
Mosquito Magnet maker attracts $6.5M bid
A Pennsylvania company has offered $6.5 million for American Biophysics Corp. of North Kingstown, the financially troubled maker of the Mosquito Magnet.
The bid by...
BankFive reports ‘record year’ in 2006
FALL RIVER – BankFive Corp. (www.bankfive.com) today announced that its net income increased 6.9 percent to $3.3 million in 2006.
“It truly was a record...
R.I. awards $2.3M for local ‘learning centers’
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Deparment of Elementary and Secondary Education has awarded 13 grants, totaling $2.3 million, to expand or establish community learning centers...
Providence Place parent boosts dividend 9.8%
CHICAGO – General Growth Properties Inc. (NYSE: GGP), owner of the Providence Place mall, yesterday declared a 9.8-percent year-over-year increase in its quarterly dividend.
A...
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