Tag: Michael Healey
State seeks vendors to remove ‘sunken barge’ from Providence River
PROVIDENCE – Despite no readily available funding, state officials after a three-year hiatus are renewing calls for a private vendor to remove a piece...
Ocean Race stopover organizers eye attendance ‘surge’ during weekend finale
NEWPORT – The last weekend of the Ocean Race stopover is at hand, with organizers expecting a significant turnout up to and during the...
RIPTA’s not the only public agency feeling effects of labor shortage
Like many companies in the private sector, some state agencies and municipalities are struggling to fill positions amid a severe labor shortage.
The R.I. Public...
R.I. DEM receives $846K in federal grants to help state replace...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management will receive $846,343 in grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to replace freight trucks and...
Federal funding sparks conflict between R.I. transportation projects, climate goals
PROVIDENCE – A $750 million injection of federal funds for state transportation improvement projects has become the latest flashpoint in conflict over climate change...
R.I. is sampling wastewater for early warnings on COVID-19 spread
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is sampling its wastewater for signs of COVID-19 in hopes health officials will get early warnings about where and how...
MedRecycler appeals DEM permit denial for medical waste treatment plant
PROVIDENCE – The company proposing to open a medical waste treatment plant in West Warwick is challenging the R.I. Department of Environmental Management’s denial...
State struggles to curb fish poaching
Fish poaching is something the R.I. Department of Environmental Management doesn’t take lightly, as one East Greenwich man recently learned when he found himself...
Logistics company to hire 300 at T.F. Green
WARWICK – Pinnacle Logistics LLC, a Dallas-based logistics company, is looking to recruit 300 workers at T.F. Green Airport, the Business Workforce Center of...
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