Key inflation gauge jumped 6.6% in March, most since 1982
WASHINGTON (AP) – An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.6% in March compared with a year ago, the highest 12-month...
R.I. home prices rise 13.7% in Q1 amid slowing sales
PROVIDENCE – The median first-quarter sale price of a single-family home in the state was $375,000, a 13.7% increase year over year, according to...
Alta Fox seeks ouster of Hasbro board chairman, 2 members
PAWTUCKET – The activist investor involved in a proxy battle with Hasbro Inc. is now seeking the removal of the company’s chairman and two...
Raytheon reports $1.1B profit in Q1
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) – Raytheon Technologies Corp. on Tuesday reported first-quarter profit of $1.1 billion, a 43% increase year over year.
On a per-share basis,...
Gas prices rising in R.I., Mass.
PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island increased to $4.09 per gallon, 9 cents more than last week and...
R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 304, with no deaths
PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 304, with no deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Friday.
Hospitalizations of COVID-19...
Feds award $420M for dam repairs and flood-control projects
The federal government said Thursday that it will spend about $420 million to repair dams and develop flood control projects in dozens of states,...
Was a federal judge right to void a national mask mandate...
A federal judge in Florida on April 18 voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation.
U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle...
RIPEC-Bryant report: R.I.’s GDP grows for 3rd straight quarter
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s gross domestic product grew for the third consecutive quarter but still trailed the average growth in New England and the...
East Providence contractor charged with wage theft
EAST PROVIDENCE – A local contractor has been charged with stealing more than $93,000 in wages from workers on a Woonsocket school construction project,...
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