Tag: Breaking News
Roger Williams, Fatima hospitals to remain open through November
PROVIDENCE – Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital have received a temporary lifeline under a new agreement reached by hospital...
Federal judge overturns ‘arbitrary and capricious’ work stoppage of Revolution Wind
PROVIDENCE – Construction can now resume on the Revolution Wind project after a federal judge on Monday overturned the Trump administration’s Aug. 22 stop-work...
Hasbro moving its headquarters to Boston, transition to be completed in...
PAWTUCKET – Hasbro Inc.'s headquarters is leaving the Ocean State, along with hundreds of jobs.
The toy company on Monday officially announced it plans to...
R.I., Orsted mount legal challenges to Trump’s stop-work order for Revolution...
PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, with Conn. Attorney General William Tong, filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging the stop-work order for Revolution...
McKee nominates Pryor to return as secretary of commerce
PROVIDENCE – Just over a year after stepping down as the state's housing secretary, Stefan Pryor may soon return to the Statehouse as Rhode...
Brown University, federal government reach agreement to restore $50M in research...
PROVIDENCE – Brown University on Wednesday reached a voluntary agreement with the federal government to restore more than $50 million in research funding for...
Alan G. Hassenfeld, former Hasbro CEO and philanthropist, dies at 76
PAWTUCKET – Alan G. Hassenfeld, the former longtime chairman and CEO of Hasbro Inc. – the global toymaker his family founded more than a...
Tanner says leaving Commerce her idea: ‘I presented a plan, [McKee]...
PROVIDENCE – Elizabeth M. Tanner, who has led R.I. Commerce Corp. since June 2022, is leaving the quasi-government agency, effective July 4, to serve...
Route 6-10 contractor to pay $11M for illegally dumping contaminated fill
PROVIDENCE – A Massachusetts-based lead contractor has agreed to pay $11 million to settle charges for dumping contaminated fill used during a 2020 highway...
R.I. Senate President Ruggerio dies at 76
PROVIDENCE – Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio, D-North Providence, the most senior member of the Statehouse, died Monday morning at the age of 76,...
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