Nearly three decades after Rhode Island law mandated that at least 10 percent of state contracts and purchase awards go to minority- or women-owned businesses, the Ocean State has not met its commitment. Less than half of state contracts are going to certified minority-owned businesses. That despite the fact that an estimated 24 percent of
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