Citizens gives backpacks to more than 12,000 kids
The Citizens Bank Foundation, through a grant to Recycling for Rhode Island Education, supplied more than 12,000 non-logo backpacks containing donated school supplies to...
Building skills to be competitive
Marcia LaBelle, vice president of operations at Nameplates for Industry Inc., already sees positive results forming from an introductory lean manufacturing course employees are...
Success is in your own hands
The beginning of the school year is one of my favorite times. Though it’s been a while since I was sitting behind a desk...
Local council works to leave no Indian child behind
At a recent community forum attended by Sen. Juan Pichardo, D-Providence, and Community College of Rhode Island President Ray M. Di Pasquale, the topic...
Details of ALCO affordable-housing plan unveiled
PROVIDENCE – A St. Louis-based developer and its local nonprofit partners today announced plans to build 201 mixed-income apartments above a retail center and...
ALCO plans revised to include more affordable housing
PROVIDENCE – Developers today announced a plan to include 201 “mixed-income” apartments among the 700-plus units slated to be built in the American...
8 more leaders named to URI innovation panel
KINGSTON – Retired R.I. Supreme Court Justice Robert G. Flanders Jr., chairman of the University of Rhode Island Commission for Innovation and Research, today...
Fed finds racial disparities in loan rates
WASHINGTON – “The incidence of higher-priced lending for blacks and Hispanic white borrowers is notably greater than for non-Hispanic whites,” Federal Reserve analysts wrote...
R.I. Business Plan Competition to double prize money
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Business Plan Competition today launched its 2008 season. With a record $150,000-plus in prizes, the contest will rank among...
RWU to pay Bristol nearly $42M over 20 years
BRISTOL – Roger Williams University today announced it will make annual voluntary payments of $150,000 per year to help offset the cost of emergency...
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