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Cotality: R.I. home price index up 9.37% in March, highest in...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island home price index increased 9.37% year over year in March, the highest in the nation, according to Cotality, formerly...
U.S. News: R.I. 24th-best state in nation
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is the 24th-best state in the nation, up two spots from last year, according to U.S. World & News Report.
The...
Neronha leads effort to reverse cuts to Department of Health and...
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha joined a pair of lawsuits Monday challenging recent moves by the Trump administration.
Neronha announced he is...
Cannabis, liquor retailers at odds over proposed rules on hemp-derived THC...
No one complained when state regulators quietly allowed hemp-derived THC beverages to be sold in Rhode Island’s liquor stores late last summer.
But now that state lawmakers...
Starkweather & Shepley acquires N.J.-based insurance firm
EAST PROVIDENCE – Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. has acquired New Jersey-based AiK2 Insurance Services, which specializes in insurance for wealth and asset...
R.I. has highest March unemployment rate in New England
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s 4.8% unemployment rate for March is the highest in New England and above the national rate of 4.2%, according to...
Cotality: R.I. home price index up 7.6% in February
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island home price index increased 7.6% year over year in February, according to Cotality, formerly CoreLogic Inc.
Rhode Island’s HPI growth...
Let’s modernize R.I.’s tax enforcement and lead the nation in fairness
If you ask any business owner what they value most in a state tax system, you’ll likely hear the same words: fair, predictable and...
WalletHub: R.I. residents’ tax burden eighth highest in nation
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island residents have the eighth-highest tax burden in the nation, according to WalletHub.
The Florida-based personal finance website compared 50 states across...
R.I. has highest Feb. unemployment rate in New England
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's 4.7% unemployment rate for February is the highest in New England and well above the national rate of 4.1%, according...



















