Health law expert tapped to head R.I. association
Virginia M. Burke has been named president and CEO of the Rhode Island Health Care Association (RIHCA). Burke brings to RIHCA extensive experience in...
End the CRMC controversy now
When will these people give up?
The R.I. General Assembly keeps pushing to break down the separation-of-powers constitutional amendment that was designed to remove...
Clean air put on hold in Rhode Island by EPA action
Transportation is the largest and fastest growing source of global warming pollution in Rhode Island. To tackle global warming, Rhode Island must tackle the...
CVS Caremark to pay $38.5M in multi-state settlement
WOONSOCKET – CVS Caremark Corp. (NYSE: CVS) has agreed to pay $38.5 million, in a multi-state consumer protection probe, to resolve allegations that two...
WHJY, Clear Channel offer $22M Station fire settlement
PROVIDENCE – Local radio station 94 WHJY-FM and parent company Clear Channel Communications Inc. (NYSE: CCU) have reached a tentative $22 million settlement of...
Juveniles need better screening, Bradley study finds
EAST PROVIDENCE – Newly published research from the Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center shows that uvenile offenders who are depressed are more likely to...
Rhode Island man gets 46 months for tax fraud
PROVIDENCE – A judge this month sentenced a Providence-based businessman to 46 months in federal prison for tax evasion. The sentencing of Neil Stierhoff...
N.Y. AG investigating Brown study program
NEW YORK – A study-aboard program at Brown University is one of 15 such programs at various colleges and universities being examined by the...
Image can be fleeting for city
Here’s a multiple choice question, City of Providence. Answer truthfully – your image is at stake here. How are you feeling today? a.) Miserable,...
Turning dining into an experience
Anyone going to Eleven Forty Nine Restaurant in Warwick during its “Wine Divas” series might see up to 20 women sipping four kinds of...