Tag: Donald Trump
The cost of fewer foreign students coming to U.S.
American college campuses are buzzing with the familiar routine of students getting settled in classes and dorms.
One new trend, though, is emerging.
An estimated 30%...
Smiley reaffirms Providence’s policy not to assist ICE with executive order
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley on Monday issued an executive order codifying an existing city policy that prohibits police officers from cooperating with...
Is the Federal Reserve’s decision to cut its key interest rate...
The Federal Reserve on Sept. 17 cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point, its first cut since December. It also signaled it would...
Federal Reserve cuts key rate by a quarter-point, signals 2 more...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday and projected it would do so twice more this...
Retail sales up 0.6% in August from July even as tariffs...
NEW YORK (AP) – Shoppers increased their spending at a better-than-expected pace in August from July, helped by back-to-school shopping, even as President Donald...
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...
Big dreams for offshore wind now more distant than ever
In 2007, then-Gov. Donald L. Carcieri touted a state-commissioned study that suggested wind power could generate a whopping 75% of Rhode Island’s electricity needs,...
NextGen Acela arrives as rail faces uncertain future
When former President Joe Biden unveiled his $1.9 trillion infrastructure plan in 2021, he found the perfect place to go public: Philadelphia’s 30th Street...
U.S. inflation worsened last month as the cost of gas, food...
WASHINGTON (AP) – Inflation rose last month as the price of gas, groceries, hotel rooms and airfares rose, along with the cost of clothes...
Report: Trump admin. ‘in discussions’ to resume Revolution Wind project
PROVIDENCE – U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said the Trump administration is “in discussions” to potentially allow work to resume on the Revolution Wind...
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