R.I. probing TJX Cos.’ handling of records breach
PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch today announced he has filed a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) in Providence County Superior Court against The...
Sovereign finances Waterplace mixed-use project
BOSTON – Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. says it has secured construction financing Waterplace, its luxury mixed-use complex in Providence’s Capital District, for which the...
Lila Delman agency is named Christie’s <br>exclusive rep for Newport County
NEWPORT – Lila Delman Real Estate Inc. says it has just been named the exclusive Christie’s Great Estates Rhode Island representative for all of...
Survey: 35% in R.I. visited Conn. casinos last year
DARTMOUTH, Mass. – Rhode Island residents made 1.7 million trips to Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun in the past 12 months, according to...
Keep your workers fit and healthy
Dear Dan: After five years in business, we were finally able to offer health insurance last year for our 17 employees. Now we want...
A new level of ‘mixed-use’
The Centre of New England, a 480-acre project with retail, residential and industrial components, has been in the works for a decade now, and...
Wanted: Fire safety inspectors
Staff turnover, shortage slow projects to a crawl
Vincent Quinterno is the sole state fire safety inspector assigned to the state-owned Dunkin' Donuts Center.
During...
Businesses disagree on cutting sales tax
Amid efforts to make Rhode Island's tax structure more competitive, some have begun to ask whether the state's sales tax, which is the highest...
Ethics in Rhode Island’s government
The R.I. Ethics Commission has ruled it's likely that R.I. Senate President Joseph A. Montalbano violated the state ethics code by failing to report...
State to issue debit cards for unemployment, TDI
For decades, Rhode Islanders who receive unemployment or temporary disability insurance benefits have gotten checks in the mail. But while the system works well...
