Dems ramp up TV ad spending in AG primary race
The television campaign in Rhode Island’s four-way Democratic attorney general primary is growing as a second candidate debuted ads Wednesday, while another reserved airtime...
RIPEC: Medicaid spending on the rise despite enrollment decline
PROVIDENCE – Already representing over one-third of the budget, state spending on Medicaid remains on an unsustainable trajectory, projected to increase nearly three times...
Sensata Technologies Q2 profit climbs to $102.1M
ATTLEBORO – Sensata Technologies Holdings PLC said Thursday that it recorded a profit of $102.1 million in the second quarter of 2026, up from...
U.S. economy grows a sluggish 1.5% in Q2 with inflation remaining...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. economy expanded at a sluggish 1.5% pace from April through June as rising imports weighed on growth. But consumer spending rose. And...
Burrillville utility approves purchase of lead-detection technology
BURRILLVILLE – Clear River Electric & Water District, a quasi-municipal utility located in Pascoag village, has approved the purchase of Electro Scan Inc.'s technology for identifying...
The Fed leaves interest rate unchanged; hike expected in September
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday despite persistently high inflation and a spike in energy prices caused...
Shekarchi is on list of R.I. Supreme Court potential nominees, but...
Two judges, a state prosecutor, an appellate litigator who has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, and former House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi made...
Federal judge voids Johnston’s eminent domain seizure of housing site
JOHNSTON – A federal judge has invalidated the town's attempt to seize a 31-acre property by eminent domain last year, ruling the town failed...
General Dynamics Electric Boat parent’s Q2 profit jumps 14%
NORTH KINGSTOWN – General Dynamics Corp., the parent company of General Dynamics Electric Boat, posted a $1.16 billion profit in the second quarter, a...
E.G. chiropractor ordered to pay $74K in Medicaid fraud case
EAST GREENWICH – A Post Road chiropractor has been ordered to pay $74,878 in restitution to the Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and...


















