Tag: Massachusetts
CoreLogic: R.I. home price index up 6.7% in December
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island home price index increased 6.7% year over year in December, according to CoreLogic Inc.
Rhode Island’s HPI growth rate in...
Trump nominates R.I. lawyer to lead agency overseeing hazardous materials transportation
PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island lawyer has been nominated to lead the federal agency responsible for ensuring the safe transportation of hazardous materials around...
Cranston resident given prison time, deportation order for $280K retail theft
PROVIDENCE – A Guatemalan national has been sentenced to 2½ years in prison and will be deported for his role in a retail theft...
Already on life support, hospitals blast McKee’s FY26 proposed funding cuts...
Seventy-two minutes after Gov. Daniel J. McKee released his proposed fiscal 2026 budget on Jan. 16, the state’s hospital trade group fired back.
The Hospital...
R.I. ranks 39th for states with most accounts in collection, WalletHub...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is ranked No. 39 for states with the most collection accounts per capita, debt that has gone unpaid for so...
Romanian national pleads guilty in multistate ATM skimming conspiracy
PROVIDENCE – A second Romanian national has pleaded guilty in federal court for participating in a card-skimming conspiracy on ATMs which spanned across six...
R.I. has highest December unemployment rate in New England
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has the highest unemployment rate in New England at 4.6% in December, which is also higher than the national rate...
Brown University Health moving into former Hasbro building in Providence
PROVIDENCE – Brown University Health, formally Lifespan Corp., will consolidate its administrative offices at the former Hasbro Inc. office building in downtown Providence, the...
Purdue Pharma, Sackler family reach new $7.4B opioid settlement
Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new...
WalletHub ranks R.I. as worst state to start a business, again
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is the worst state in the nation to start a business for the second-straight year, according to a Monday WalletHub...


















