Tag: Focus
Veteran benefits, including in workplace, boosted under the wide-ranging Dole Act
In 20-plus years representing thousands of clients who are military veterans, Zachary Stolz, a law partner at Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick Ltd., has seen...
For some local businesses, film productions are lights, camera… extra money
Sterling Cleaners Inc. in the working-class West End of Providence might feel like a world away from the glitz of Hollywood, but it’s closer...
Focus, not hocus-pocus
A martial arts student approaches his instructor with a question.
“I’d like to improve my knowledge of the martial arts. In addition to learning from...
Legislation would restrict ‘spread pricing’ on meds
While prescription drug costs have been steadily increasing, the reimbursements paid to the pharmacies have been decreasing.
The math isn’t adding up.
But this contradiction is...
URI lab is a real (plant) lifesaver for farms, landscapers
Roots Farm co-owner Kelli Roberts’ Asian greens were wilting and she wasn’t sure what was causing the problem, so she contacted the Plant Diagnostic...
The future of Pell grants is unclear for students
The federal Pell Grant program, named after the late Rhode Island Sen. Claiborne Pell, has money problems.
The Congressional Budget Office is projecting the program...
URI among schools targeted in civil rights complaints
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights has opened an investigation into 35 scholarships offered at the University of Rhode Island after...
Pullback by insurers adds to difficulty of house hunting
Finding a home in Rhode Island is difficult enough these days, but after prospective homebuyers pinpoint the rare house in their price range and...
Hurting R.I. nonprofits eye offers of financial help
A federal funding freeze is putting the hurt on Farm Fresh Rhode Island, and now the nonprofit’s administrators are looking for any other funding...
Fortified homes needed, but they’re not cheap
The 2,400-square-foot clapboard-covered home overlooking Green Hill Pond in South Kingstown didn’t look particularly extraordinary among the other houses along Teal Drive when it...
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