EPA: Pearson faces $264,349 clean-air penalty
BOSTON – Pearson Composites LLC of Warren faces a proposed fine of $264,349 under a federal Clean Air Act complaint filed by the U.S....
U.S. foreclosures soar 36% in August
IRVINE, Calif. – The number of U.S. homeowners facing foreclosure rose 36 percent in August from their July level, as rising interest rates continued...
Roskelly wins 17 design awards in 2007 AGDAs
PORTSMOUTH – The 2007 American Graphic Design Awards program has honored Roskelly Inc., Creative Brand Consultants, with 17 awards for its branding and...
Open records law needs an update
In 1979, Rhode Island became the 49th state to enact an open-records law guaranteeing the right to view state and municipal agency records, including...
Consultants find big demand for good advice on colleges
Michelle and Gary Beamon didn’t know where to start when their daughter, Alix, reached an age when college was looming on the horizon.
“She’s my...
PURVIS thrives amid growing focus on safety
PURVIS Systems Inc., a Middletown-based IT systems and service provider for the public safety, emergency management and defense industries that has been operating in...
R.I. files $2.4B lead abatement plan
PROVIDENCE – In the latest development following a Rhode Island jury’s landmark verdict last year against three former lead paint manufacturers, R.I. Attorney General...
8 more leaders named to URI innovation panel
KINGSTON – Retired R.I. Supreme Court Justice Robert G. Flanders Jr., chairman of the University of Rhode Island Commission for Innovation and Research, today...
Carmakers lose challenge to Vt. emissions rules
BURLINGTON, Vt. – General Motors Corp. and other carmakers today lost a bid to block carbon-reduction rules in Vermont, in the first case to...
Professional services revenue surges in 2Q
WASHINGTON – The U.S. information sector attracted estimated revenue of $280.8 billion in the second quarter, an increase of 3.8 percent from the previous...












