Uncompensated care said to add $1,017 to family premiums
The cost of caring for the uninsured added $1,017 to the average health insurance premium for families last year and $368 to the average...
URI Hillel to break ground on student center
KINGSTON – After 61 years without a permanent home on the University of Rhode Island’s campus, URI’s Hillel, a branch of the largest Jewish...
88 honored with Worksite Health Awards
PROVIDENCE – Local businesses and other organizations that have demonstrated a commitment to employee wellness were honored this morning at the state’s 15th Annual...
Brown raises $1.4B, plans construction
PROVIDENCE – Brown University’s leaders this weekend announced that the school’s four-year-old “Boldly Brown” capital campaign had reached its initial goal of raising $1.4...
Mentoring Partnership raises $56K for programs
The Rhode Island Mentoring Partnership (RIMP) held its annual fundraising event, “Dancing with the Stars of Mentoring,” at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet with more...
Making interns part of the team
These are tough economic times for nonprofits, and any way that an agency can expand its work force temporarily without spending a lot of...
Warwick Citizens team RBS service award
Citizens Bank parent company RBS announced winners of its annual Chairman’s Award for Community Excellence, which recognizes significant contributions colleagues make in their local...
Rockland Trust to let pantry use building
FRANKLIN, Mass. – Rockland Trust, a Massachusetts-based commercial bank that also does business in Rhode Island, has said it will allow the Franklin Food...
R.I. AG joins pension graft inquiry
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch has joined a multi-state task force looking into allegations of corruption in state pension fund investments,...
Pilot tests viability of public cord blood bank
The Rhode Island Blood Center and Women & Infants Hospital have launched a year-long pilot program to test the feasibility of establishing a public...