Medical industry suppliers warn of ‘med-inflation’
PROVIDENCE – Supply chain woes have hit consumers and businesses, now it’s about to provide some discomfort in the medical industry.
“Med-inflation” is currently on...
R.I. home price index increases 15.3% Y/Y in January
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island home price index increased 15.3% year over year in January, slower than the national growth rate of 19.1%, CoreLogic...
ARPA funding, education and employer needs among priorities at legislative forum
PROVIDENCE – Universal preschool, meeting business and workforce needs, and how Rhode Island should respond to other pandemic and climate change challenges were highlighted...
Oil prices surge above $100 a barrel as war on Ukraine...
NEW YORK (AP) – Oil prices soared Tuesday and investors shifted more money out of stocks and into ultra-safe U.S. government bonds as Russia stepped...
Massive cargo ship carrying cars to R.I. sinks in mid-Atlantic
LISBON, Portugal (AP) – A large cargo vessel carrying cars from Germany to the Port of Davisville in North Kingstown sank Tuesday in the...
Magaziner to divest R.I. pension fund of Russian stocks and bonds
PROVIDENCE – R.I. General Treasurer Seth Magaziner announced Monday that his office intends to divest the state’s pension fund of about $20 million to...
R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 363 over weekend, with 6 new...
PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 363 from Feb. 25 through Sunday, with six new deaths, the R.I. Department...
TD Bank bids $13B for First Horizon in southeastern U.S. push
PROVIDENCE – Toronto-Dominion Bank is buying regional bank First Horizon in a $13.4 billion all-cash deal, its biggest ever, hoping to broaden its footprint...
Raimondo to deliver Ogden lecture at Brown University March 15
PROVIDENCE – Former Rhode Island governor and current U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo will return to the Ocean State March 15 at 5...
State education official review of ‘body fat’ scandal sought
NORTH KINGSTOWN (AP) – Former student-athletes in Rhode Island who say they were forced to strip naked for “body fat tests” by their high...
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