Detail needed to judge CNE merger value
With the signing of a definitive agreement to affiliate, Care New England and Partners HealthCare of Massachusetts have taken the next step in transforming...
Stop whining about ‘skills gap’
There are about 6.5 million job openings in the U.S., a record high. The number of people looking for work without success is falling...
Flex campus will boost Quonset jobs
Quonset Business Park is Rhode Island’s leading engine of job creation and economic development, with 11,800 jobs and more than 200 companies, but we’re...
Providence should not let past strangle its future potential
By rejecting the Fain Organization’s proposed changes to zoning in the Interstate 195 Redevelopment District, the Providence City Plan Commission seems to be more...
Investing in innovation a good bet
Can $20 million reroute a state’s trajectory? That is the question that the Innovation Campus project seeks to answer.
Using $20 million in voter-approved bond...
Tax sugar-sweetened drinks to fight obesity
Eating too much added sugar has become one of the riskiest health behaviors in the modern world. None too soon, governments are waking up...
Sports betting a win for states’ rights
In an important decision for states’ rights announced May 14, the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed New Jersey to permit sports gambling, both by...
Good corporate citizenship pays off in multiple ways
What is a good corporate citizen? According to Corporate Responsibility Magazine, the good corporate citizen is transparent about its performance across a number of...
Federal accountability starts in R.I.
This story opens as a simple $1.2 million grant from the U. S. Department of Transportation to Bristol to rehabilitate the walls of the...
Housing finance still broken
Regulators have done a lot to reform the financial system since the 2008 crisis, but they still haven’t fixed the market where the trouble...
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