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Is help on the way for R.I.’s Minority Business Enterprise program?
THE STATE IS STILL STRUGGLING to overcome decades of dysfunction around tracking and enforcing its laws for contracting with minority-owned businesses, even after a...
In Pawtucket, a feeling of déjà vu with Tidewater Landing?
Pawtucket Mayor Donald R. Grebien says the merits of the financially troubled Tidewater Landing project should be enough to persuade the R.I. Commerce Corp....
Can R.I. weather the exit of so many leaders?
A wave of recent retirement and resignation announcements from top executives leaves the state facing a potential leadership gap in some of its most...
Business community accepts R.I. cannabis act
After years of fighting against the legalization of recreational marijuana use, many Rhode Island business leaders say they’re now satisfied with parts of the...
CRMC vacancies cause problem
A panel of state coastal regulators whose contentious rulings have already drawn objections is facing new criticism, with vacancies leading to a string of...
Voters lose out if leading candidates don’t attend debates, observers say
With Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s change of heart and recommitment to participate in Thursday’s gubernatorial forum, he managed to narrowly avoid giving his opponents...
Legislation on ‘no-poaching’ between states raises questions about enforcement
Two Rhode Island lawmakers are calling for a truce in the economic border war waged with tax incentives with neighboring states, but some authorities...
More candidates take virtual route
From YouTube announcements to Twitter fundraising, Rhode Island political candidates are embracing virtual campaigning with gusto as the 2022 election season gains momentum.
That doesn’t...
Pandemic causing shifts in R.I. union membership
Rhode Island remains one of the most unionized states in the country, but the percentage of union members among its workforce dropped from 17.8%...
Legislative proposal stirs up shoreline dispute
A special legislative commission recently reached a consensus on a potential solution to a decadeslong conflict over shoreline access in Rhode Island, but a...
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