Construction company owner sentenced for filing false claims
PROVIDENCE – The owner of Alhambra Building Company has been sentenced to two years probation for failing to pay workers prevailing wages and filing...
PBN Summit prepares businesses for coming year
WARWICK – The coming business mandates spelled out by the Affordable Care Act were among the topics explained to more than 100 of Rhode...
R.I. ranks in top 20 for growth in workers’ compensation paid
WASHINGTON – Rhode Island ranked 14th in the nation for five-year growth of total workers’ compensation benefits paid (including both cash and medical benefits),...
Embolden acquired by New Jersey company
PAWTUCKET – Embolden, a digital-communications group, has been acquired by New Jersey-based Crown Philanthropic Solutions, which specializes in philanthropic technology.
Terms of the acquisition will...
R.I. receives $7.5M grant to help long-term unemployed find jobs
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island received a $7.5 million federal grant to help the long-term unemployed return to the workforce, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed announced...
R.I. has 10th highest income gap between senior citizens’ incomes and...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has the 10th highest income gap between senior citizens’ incomes and younger residents’ incomes, according to a new Interest.com report.
The...
U.S. SBA seeks nominations for R.I. small business awards
PROVIDENCE – Nominations are now being accepted by the U.S. Small Business Administration for the 2015 Rhode Island Small Business Person of the Year...
Metro-area jobless rate improves in August, still above national rate
PROVIDENCE – The nonseasonally adjusted jobless rate for the Providence-Fall River-Warwick area dipped one-tenth of a percentage point in August, improving to 7.9 percent...
Warwick, Woonsocket police receive grants to hire officers
WARWICK – Police departments in Warwick and Woonsocket received federal grants to add to their ranks.
The funds, from the U.S. Department of Justice’s community...
Private payrolls in U.S. increased by 213,000 in September
WASHINGTON - Companies hired 213,000 workers in September as the labor market continued to strengthen, a private report based on payrolls showed.
The gains in...
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