Tag: Jack Reed
Banks, airlines wary of credit card interest cap
When President Donald Trump announced earlier this year that he planned to order credit card companies to cap the annual percentage rate at 10%...
FBI director’s plane use under scrutiny amid accusations of delayed team...
Rhode Island’s congressional delegates want to know more after the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday asked the congressional watchdog...
Electric Boat adding 3,500 jobs at Quonset Point
NORTH KINGSTOWN – General Dynamics Electric Boat is adding 3,500 jobs at Quonset Point as the company ramps up its nuclear submarine production.
General Dynamics...
Allen Waters launches Providence mayoral bid as an independent
A new video from Allen Waters has officially launched his fifth election campaign in seven years. This time around, he’s running not as a...
Calenda to serve as interim U.S. attorney for R.I.
PROVIDENCE – A former Republican candidate for attorney general has been named interim U.S. attorney for Rhode Island.
Charles "Chas" Calenda told WPRI-TV CBS 12...
Hope & Main breaks ground on West End Kitchens location
For over a decade, more than 575 independent food makers in Rhode Island have launched and grown into successful businesses with the help of...
R.I. hemp industry faces uncertainty amid federal crackdown on THC products
Mike Simpson is one of Rhode Island’s biggest cheerleaders for hemp cultivation and the plant’s derivative products – remedies, he believes, that may help...
As premiums spike, HealthSource RI focuses on medical necessity versus low...
The open enrollment campaign for Rhode Island’s health insurance marketplace usually promotes affordability.
Not this year.
“In the past we’ve been saying, ‘Health care is more...
HOSPITAL MAKEOVERS: Health systems look for shot in the arm from...
The administrative wing of The Miriam Hospital on Providence’s East Side is a mess these days, and hospital President Maria Ducharme couldn’t be happier...
Electric Boat awarded $642M contract modification for Virginia-class submarine work
PROVIDENCE – General Dynamics Electric Boat has been awarded a $642 million contract modification for Virginia-class submarine work.
The award is a cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to...



















