RHODE ISLAND bankruptcy filings totaled 77 in August. / PBN GRAPHIC/CHRIS BERGENHEIM
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island bankruptcy filings totaled 77 in August, a rise from 70 the previous month but down from 104 a year prior, according to U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of Rhode Island data. Nearly all of the bankruptcy filings last month, 75, were from consumers, while two were from businesses. Sixty of the filings…