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BROWN UNIVERSITY has agreed to pay $19.5 million as part of a settlement agreement over allegations that the university and 16 other higher education institutions took part in reducing financial aid for students. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown University to pay $19.5M settlement in price-fixing financial aid lawsuit

Education 01/24/2024

PROVIDENCE – Brown University has agreed to pay $19.5 million as part of a settlement in a lawsuit in which the plaintiffs allege that...

REACHING OUT: Alison Bologna , center, Shri Studio Inc., Shri Service Corps and Shri Bark founder and WJAR-TV NBC 10 morning news co-anchor, participates in a class in her new yoga studio in Pawtucket. Joining her are Alex Godin, left, of the Life Inc. social service agency in Tiverton, and Michelle Peloquin, of The Arc of Blackstone Valley social service agency in Pawtucket. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

After opening yoga studio, she has stretched for more

Business Women 09/01/2023

It’s a late summer morning and the stately brick building that is Shri Studio Inc.’s new home is about to officially open for business. A...

A PAIR OF Brown University basketball players have filed a federal lawsuit against the Ivy League for allegedly engaging in a price-fixing agreement by not offering athletic scholarships to student athletes. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

2 Brown University basketball players sue Ivy League over no-scholarship policy

Education 03/08/2023

PROVIDENCE – Two Brown University basketball players, one former and one current, filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday accusing the eight Ivy League...

R.I. EDUCATION COMMISSIONER Angelica Infante-Green announced Wednesday that the state will take measures to improve civics education being taught in public schools. / PBN PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

R.I. education officials announce measures to improve civics education

Education 06/15/2022

PROVIDENCE – In a significant agreement following a federal lawsuit filed four years by a group of local students, state education officials announced Wednesday...

Here’s another way wind farms could be benefit to environment

Commentary 02/04/2022

Off the southern New England coast, developers are preparing to build the first federally approved utility-scale offshore wind farms – 74 turbines in all...