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UnitedHealth to buy LHC Group for $5.4 billion

UnitedHealth Group is spending about $5.4 billion to delve deeper into home health care with the acquisition of LHC Group.  The health care giant said...
FLUX MARINE LTD., a company in East Greenwich that makes electric outboard boat engines, is receiving tax credits worth an estimated $1.9 million over 10 years from the state of Rhode Island after an 8-0 vote by the R.I. Commerce Corp. board of directors on Monday. / COURTESY FLUX MARINE LTD.

R.I. Commerce gives Flux Marine $1.9M in tax credits to remain...

PROVIDENCE – Flux Marine Ltd., a company that makes electric outboard boat engines, is staying in the Ocean State after the R.I. Commerce Corp....

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 370, with no deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 370 from March 25 through Sunday, with no deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Monday.   Hospitalizations...

Gas prices fall 2 cents in R.I., Mass.

PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island fell to $4.20 per gallon, 2 cents less than last week...
MARY K. BARDEN has been named the new executive director of the National Education Association Rhode Island. / COURTESY NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION RHODE ISLAND

NEA R.I. names Barden new executive director

CRANSTON – The National Education Association Rhode Island did not have to look too far to find a new executive director. The labor union that...
LADDER 133 KITCHEN & SOCIAL on Friday received a surprise $50,000 gift from Ally Financial Inc. The money is being used to pay bonuses for the restaurant's employees. / COURTESY LADDER 133 KITCHEN & SOCIAL

PC tourney run leads to $50K gift for local sports bar;...

PROVIDENCE – While the Providence College men’s basketball team was battling top-seeded University of Kansas Friday night in the NCAA Tournament’s “Sweet 16” round,...

Small businesses face tax headaches on top of pandemic woes 

NEW YORK (AP) – Small businesses that have been buffeted by the pandemic, inflation and shipping woes have another challenge to add to their...

R.I. February jobless rate 4th highest in New England

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island had the fourth-highest unemployment rate in New England in February at 3.9%, according to data released by the U.S. Bureau...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 126, with 3 new deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 126, with three new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Friday.    Hospitalizations of COVID-19...

Missed deadline costs Tufts Health Plan millions

PROVIDENCE – Tufts Health Plan learned the hard way in January that missing a deadline by two minutes is no excuse – and costly,...
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