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United Way launches Alliance for Nonprofit Impact
PROVIDENCE – Three years ago, the United Way of Rhode Island Inc. launched its five-year, $100 million LIVE UNITED 2025 comprehensive plan to help...
Citizens Financial’s profit drops 22% for 2023 to $1.61B
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc.'s annual profit fell 22% to $1.61 billion in 2023 compared with a year earlier as the rising cost...
McKee to reaffirm commitment to housing, education in State of the...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Tuesday will give his State of the State address before the General Assembly in the House chamber...
‘It’s a numbers game’: Teacher unions say R.I. star ratings paint...
PROVIDENCE – Purple Pride and commitment to students run deep at Classical High School, and the overall analysis by the R.I. Department of Education...
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Lardaro: R.I. could be emerging from ‘statistical recession’
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island appears to be moving out of its "statistical recession" due to economic improvements that occurred between August and November, University...
Storm brings high winds, widespread flooding across state
PROVIDENCE – The state is cleaning up once again from another powerful storm two days after it endured its first major snowfall in two...
Report: R.I. 44th in U.S. for year-over-year pay growth in same...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island employees who stayed in the same job received an average pay increase of 5% year over year, according to an...
RIDE’s school ratings still show mixed results; Providence school ratings mostly...
PROVIDENCE – While more K-12 public schools across Rhode Island achieved 5-star status in 2023, the school accountability and improvement results released by the...
Some Providence politicians, policy analysts say it’s time to raise taxes
It’s not often that politicians preemptively push for more taxes.
Yet a new report adopted by the Providence City Council on Thursday, Jan. 4, recommends potential tax...
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