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CARE NEW ENGLAND terminated negotiations with Prime Healthcare Foundation to sell Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island Monday night. The hospital will also discontinue its inpatient and emergency services. / COURTESY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND

CNE ends negotiations to sell Memorial, closing hospital’s emergency, inpatient services

Health Services 10/17/2017

PAWTUCKET - Care New England's board of directors terminated negotiations with Prime Healthcare Foundation to sell Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island Monday night and began...

EAT DRINK RI announced a new food hall project at 235 West Park St. in Providence and an accompanying Kickstarter fundraising campaign. Above, the interior second floor of the new space in its current state. / COURTESY EAT DRINK RI

Eat Drink RI announces new food hall project and Kickstarter campaign

Capital Goods 10/16/2017

PROVIDENCE - Eat Drink RI LLC announced it has launched a Kickstarter fundraising campaign to back a new project, the West Park Food Hall...

THE MBTA commuter rail reported more mechanical failures in 2016 than any other system in the U.S. / PBN FILE PHOTO / VICTORIA AROCHO

MBTA commuter rail worst-in-nation for mechanical failures in 2016

Economy 10/13/2017

BOSTON –Boston commuter rail trains had more mechanical failures last year than any other system in the country, newly released federal data shows, despite...

Miriam Hospital wins federal grant to study post-incarceration opioid treatment

Health Services 10/12/2017

PROVIDENCE — Miriam Hospital has been awarded a federal $215,157 National Institutes of Health grant to study an innovative opioid addiction program for incarcerated...

THE INSTITUTE ON TAXATION AND ECONOMIC POLICY created a chart that shows how the proposed tax reform package would affect Rhode Islanders. / COURTESY INSTITUTE ON TAXATION AND ECONOMIC POLICY

Report: Proposed tax changes would mostly benefit top 1% of R.I....

Economic Activity 10/11/2017

PROVIDENCE - The latest proposed tax reform framework supported by President Donald Trump and U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan would disproportionately benefit the top...

MORTGAGE DELINQUENCIES 30 days or more in the Providence metro area declined 1.2 percentage points year over year to 5.6 percent in July. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/DAVID CALVERT

CoreLogic: Mortgage delinquencies in Providence metro decline in July

Real Estate 10/10/2017

PROVIDENCE – In July, 5.6 percent of all mortgages in the Providence metropolitan area were delinquent by 30 days or more, including homes in foreclosure,...

ANDREW POSNER, Capital Good Fund founder and CEO / PBN FILE PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

Capital Good Fund to expand services with $466K Treasury grant

Economy 10/06/2017

PROVIDENCE – The Capital Good Fund has received its largest influx of funding ever with a $466,000 grant from the U.S. Treasury, which will...

TVAR EDTECH won the grand prize at the Get Started Rhode Island busines pitch competition Wednesday evening. / COURTESY COX BUSINESS/PAMELA BHATIA

Tvar EdTech wins grand prize at Get Started R.I. business pitch...

Capital Goods 10/05/2017

PROVIDENCE – Wednesday evening, Rhode Island’s entrepreneurs brought a slice of Silicon Valley to the Waterfire Arts Center in Providence with the annual “Get...