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Barrington school teacher placed on leave, to be investigated over alleged...

BARRINGTON – A teacher in the town’s public school district has been placed on paid administrative leave over concerns related to social media activity...
A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT on Friday ruled that the controversial truck tolling program used for the state’s RhodeWorks bridge infrastructure initiative can partially remain in place. PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Federal appeals court partially upholds R.I. truck-tolling program

PROVIDENCE – More than two years after a judge ruled in favor of the trucking industry in halting the state’s controversial tolling program used...
GONE TOO FAR? Matthew H. Parker, a partner at Whelan Corrente & Flanders LLP in Providence, says while noncompete agreements have been overused, the Federal Trade Commission’s decision to ban most noncompetes was an administrative “overreach.”
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Noncompete pacts banned by FTC, but for how long?

The Federal Trade Commission may have banned most forms of noncompete agreements between employers and employees, but it’s unclear whether the ruling will survive...
NAVIGATING SHORTAGES: 
R.I. environmental police officer Jacob Malone, left, checks the size of striped bass caught by two unidentified fishermen in Narragansett Bay. The R.I. Department of Environmental Management says staff shortages have made it difficult to schedule such law enforcement ­operations. 
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DAVID HANSEN

HELP WANTED: There are 1,700 unfilled state jobs, but has anyone...

Stacy Smith says the job for “front-line” workers at the R.I. Department of Human Services isn’t easy in normal times, but the labor market...
ESSENTIAL WORKERS? Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s fiscal 2024 budget plan would authorize spending for all 1,700 open positions in state government.
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Direct spending for state jobs to those most needed

Finding qualified people to take state government jobs has become harder than ever, leaving some high-stress departments woefully short. Instead of focusing attention and resources...

Is GA tipping scales toward labor?

Republican Rep. Brian C. Newberry thinks unions wield too much power in Rhode Island and worries the General Assembly, controlled by Democrats, will tip...
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