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John Fernandez named Lifespan’s new CEO

PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp. has named John Fernandez, current president of Mass Eye and Ear and Mass General Brigham Integrated Care, its next CEO...

Brown pays $1.2M in Title IX settlement

PROVIDENCE – Brown University on Tuesday agreed to pay nearly $1.2 million in legal fees as part of a June 2020 settlement between the...

State releases RICAS results; few students met or exceeded expectations

PROVIDENCE – While the percentage of students who met or exceeded expectations in the math portion of the Rhode Island Common Assessment System testing...
GEORGE T. MARSHALL, founder and CEO of the Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival, died Tuesday after a long illness. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

Flickers’ film festival founder Marshall dies after long illness

PROVIDENCE – George T. Marshall, the founder and CEO of the Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival who has brought independent filmmakers together to...

ACLU files lawsuit against RIPTA, United Healthcare over data breach

PROVIDENCE – Earlier this year, Alexandra Morelli received a distressing notification: Her personal data had been compromised in an August 2021 cyberattack on the...

R.I. Supreme Court strikes down Champlin’s expansion

NEW SHOREHAM – A controversial proposal to expand a Block Island marina was struck down for the final time by the state’s highest court...

Fanale to step down as CNE leader Dec. 1; successor named

PROVIDENCE – Dr. James E. Fanale will retire as president and CEO of Care New England Health System on Dec. 1, the health network...

Hasbro cuts full-year revenue forecast, unveils ‘Blueprint 2.0’ corporate strategy

PAWTUCKET – Hasbro Inc. lowered its annual revenue forecast and unveiled a new corporate strategy on Tuesday during its first investor day under the...

Winter electric rate hikes approved despite protest

WARWICK – Historic electric rate hikes will prevail despite controversy, with state regulators approving the proposed rate increases Friday. The R.I. Public Utilities Commission’s 3-0...
U.S. DISTRICT COURT Judge William E. Smith ruled Wednesday that the state's RhodeWorks tolls against the trucking industry are discriminatory and unconstitutional, and the tolls must stop by Friday. / AP PHOTO/ORLIN WAGNER

U.S. judge favors trucking industry over RhodeWorks tolls

PROVIDENCE – The trucking industry scored a significant legal victory in federal court Wednesday against the state’s transportation department over the controversial truck tolling...
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