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Tax amnesty collections total $21.2M
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Tax Amnesty of 2017 collected a total of $21.2 million in revenue, according to the R.I. Division of Taxation...
Bryant extends Machtley’s contract through 2022
SMITHFIELD – Bryant University has extended President Ronald K. Machtley’s tenure through June 30, 2022, the university announced Friday.
Machtley has served as the university’s...
CoreLogic: R.I. has 18th-highest 5-year HPI appreciation in U.S.
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked No. 18 in the nation for the largest five-year appreciation of home prices after the Great Recession, according to...
Traffic at T.F. Green in 2017 totaled 3.9M passengers, up 7.8%
WARWICK – Traffic at T.F. Green Airport in 2017 increased 7.8 percent compared with 2016, with 3.9 million total passengers passing through the transportation...
R.I. drops to No. 28 on U.S. News’ ‘Best States’ rankings
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked No. 28 on the U.S. News & World Report's Best State 2018 rankings, last in New England, U.S. News...
General revenue collections total $343.9M in Jan.
PROVIDENCE – Cash collections in Rhode Island totaled $343.9 million in January, a 9.7 percent increase year over year, according to the R.I. Department...
Quonset reports nearly 6% increase in employment in 2017
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Employment at Quonset Business Park rose by 5.5 percent in 2017, to 11,458, according to a newly released annual report.
The business...
Home sales fall 9 percent in January, pushing median prices higher
WARWICK – Single-family home sales dwindled in January, down nearly 9 percent from a year earlier, as a lack of homes listed for sale...
Summer Infant reports net loss of $2.2M in 2017, driven by...
WOONSOCKET – Summer Infant Inc., creator of infant and juvenile products, reported a $2.2 million loss in 2017, driven by a one-time $1.7 million...
After community feedback, Brown alters performance center plan, protecting historic structures
PROVIDENCE - In a move to preserve more of the historic structures which dot Brown University's campus and minimize the above-ground footprint of its...
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