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EXTRA BUSY: Laura Yalanis, a CPA and partner of the tax services group for Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co. Ltd., says the increasing complexity of tax laws, particularly in the wake of pandemic aid, has increased requests for help from tax filers. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Accountants fielding deluge of rescue calls

Accountants never really go out of style, but after a year of pandemic, they’re having a moment in the spotlight. Between federal tax law changes,...

Is priority vaccine list overcrowded?

Educators and child care employees are poised to become a COVID-19 vaccination priority for Rhode Island, which raises a question for everyone else in...
GOING UP? Thomas Tzitouris, director at Strategas Research Partners, forecasts that 30-year mortgage rates may hit 3.5% by the end of the year, which he said would end the wave of refinancing activity and slow home purchases in 2022.

Economist: ‘This is one of those key moment of the decade’

While many Americans see the COVID-19 vaccine as the barometer of their year, Thomas Tzitzouris is watching a very different event to determine how...
PUT TO THE TEST: Adam Lastrina, owner of Knead Doughnuts in Providence, posted on social media that the day before Valentine’s Day last month was one of the company’s biggest production days ever. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Dining Out: Missing the bigger story

Has good news from restaurant row become the “man bites dog” story of 2021? That’s the old journalism trope used to describe how unusual,...

Now is the time to rebuild our libraries

We’ve all felt the impact of the past year – not being able to carry on with our lives normally, not socializing in person...

New leaders

Are you happy with the changes in leadership among R.I. elected officials this year, including Daniel J. McKee as governor? Yes: 75% No: 25% Unsure: 0% Are you...

R.I. to loosen limits on restaurants, events and gyms

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will allow restaurants to increase their capacities, and reinstitute dancing at catered events including weddings, according to a briefing from...

New mass-vaccination centers to open in Woonsocket and Middletown

MIDDLETOWN – Rapid vaccination sites for the COVID-19 vaccine will open in the coming weeks at locations in northern Rhode Island and on Aquidneck...
CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 376 on Tuesday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 376, with 9 more deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 376 on Tuesday with nine more deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said...

Gov. McKee: ‘This is day one’

PROVIDENCE – During a Zoom meeting Wednesday morning, Gov. Daniel J. McKee appeared upbeat and eager to begin serving as Rhode Island's 76th governor....
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