Tag: Gina M. Raimondo
Raimondo out to save U.S. jobs, 1 computer chip at a...
WASHINGTON (AP) – Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo only wears watches made by Bulova — a company that laid off her scientist father, closed its...
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Diane C. Fournaris | R.I. Small Business Development Center state director
Like the small-business owners we counsel, the R.I. Small Business Development Center prepared as...
State ethics commission fines Smiley, launches investigation of Silva
PROVIDENCE – One former state adviser will be fined for campaign finance violations while an ethics investigation of another top state aide mired in...
Loan fund needs more support
Two years after lawmakers approved a new program giving investment firms tax credits in exchange for investing in local companies, the fund has only...
R.I. falls short of minority, women contracting requirement
PROVIDENCE – The state failed to meet its own minimum requirements for contracts and purchases awarded to women- and minority-owned businesses in fiscal 2020,...
CRMC chairwoman resigns
PROVIDENCE – The chairwoman of a council of state coastal regulators has resigned amid increasing scrutiny over its decisions and makeup of the appointed body.
In...
Regionalizing R.I.’s pensions could save us
There is no avoiding the disastrous consequences of Providence’s $1.2 billion unfunded pension liability. In fact, the argument could be made that the city...
Biden admin stepping up community grants from COVID bill
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden's administration is beginning to make $3 billion in economic development grants available to communities – a tenfold increase...
Needed Slater overhaul will be costly
The price of transforming Eleanor Slater Hospital into a well-run, well-appointed hospital for Rhode Islanders with significant psychiatric or medical needs is unknown, but...
Inaugural P-TECH health care cohort graduates from North Providence High School
WARWICK – In addition to their high school diplomas, 12 North Providence High School seniors graduated with associate degrees from the Community College of...
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