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THE MEDIAN price of single-family homes sold in Rhode Island continued to climb in January, rising 12.9% from a year earlier, while sales fell for the 21st consecutive month, the Rhode Island Association of Realtors says. / AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

R.I.’s median home price rises to $441K in January

WARWICK – The median price of single-family homes sold in Rhode Island continued to climb in January, rising 12.9% from a year earlier to...
FOURTEEN FARMS across the state received a total of $256,000 in agricultural energy grants to support their renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

14 R.I. farms awarded total of $256K in agricultural energy grants

PROVIDENCE – Fourteen farms across the state received a total of $256,000 in agricultural energy grants to support their renewable energy and energy efficiency...

Median home sale prices in Bristol County, Mass., up 10.9% in...

PROVIDENCE – The median price of single-family homes sold in Bristol County, Mass., rose to $480,000 in November, a 10.9% jump over the same...

CVS to cut additional 111 jobs in R.I.

WOONSOCKET – Months after announcing plans to lay off 198 Rhode Islanders, CVS Health Corp. is cutting an additional 111 jobs in the Ocean...

Big-bank CEOs warn that new regulations could harm the economy

NEW YORK (AP) – The heads of Wall Street's biggest banks used an appearance on Capitol Hill to plead with senators to stop the...
THE AMERICAN Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island’s class action lawsuit against the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority and UnitedHealthcare of New England Inc. can move forward, a Superior Court judge has ruled.

Judge denies request to dismiss data breach lawsuit against RIPTA, UnitedHealthcare

PROVIDENCE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc.'s class action lawsuit against the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority and UnitedHealthcare of...

U.S. consumers keep spending despite high prices and their own gloomy...

WASHINGTON (AP) – A flow of recent data from the U.S. government has made one thing strikingly clear: A surge in consumer spending is...

Johnston-based FM Global signs on as lead sponsor for Norton LPGA...

PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island company is bringing the LPGA tour back to New England. FM Global, an international commercial property insurer based in Johnston,...

South Kingstown condominium at East Matunuck sells for record $1.4M

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A condominium built in 2019 sold for $1.4 million, the highest sale in town history, Mott & Chace Sotheby’s International Realty...

Fewer Americans apply for jobless benefits, labor market still showing strength 

NEW YORK (AP) – Fewer Americans applied for jobless benefits last week after a previous spike that some took as a sign that higher...
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