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Cunha closes investigation into N.K. School Dept. on sex discrimination complaints

Education 01/30/2024

NORTH KINGSTOWN – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island this month concluded its investigation into the North Kingstown School Department,...

3 R.I. contractors charged with wage theft on Woonsocket school project

Government 09/27/2022

PROVIDENCE – Three Rhode Island contractors have been charged with stealing more than $64,000 in wages from 14 workers on a Woonsocket school project,...

OPEN PATH: Linda Perri, a longtime resident of the Washington Park neighborhood in Providence, stands at a narrow public access point on the Providence working waterfront that she and other residents fought to establish. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

SHADES OF GREEN: Can Providence’s working waterfront be both livable and...

Cover Story 05/13/2022

Owning a home near the water isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. At least not for Linda Perri, who lives a mile west...

Mass. court freezes sale of R.I. utility business pending review in...

Economic Activity 03/03/2022

PROVIDENCE – After securing the green light from Rhode Island utility regulators, the court in a neighboring state has stepped in to stop the...

THE LIFESPAN-CARE NEW ENGLAND merger application has been released to the public. The R.I. Attorney General's Office and the R.I. Department of Health are seeking comment.

Lifespan-CNE merger application disclosed; public comment sought

Government 12/30/2021

PROVIDENCE – The merger application filed by the state's two largest hospital groups has been disclosed by the R.I. Office of the Attorney General...

PROSPECT MEDICAL HOLDINGS has threatened to wind down its Rhode Island hospital operations over proposed financial conditions by R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha related to the company's Hospital Conversion Act application.

Prospect threatens to close R.I. hospitals in dispute with AG

Health Services 04/29/2021

PROVIDENCE – Prospect Medical Holdings has notified R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha and the R.I. Department of Health that proposed financial conditions related...

AG urges R.I. Supreme Court to reject Block Island marina expansion...

Government 03/05/2021

NEW SHOREHAM – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha’s office is urging the R.I. Supreme Court to reject the Coastal Resources Management Council’s approval of...

UP-ROUTED: Construction workers are on-site at the Westminster Street overpass, part of the Route 6-10 connector project in Providence. Visible in the background is the “flyover” bridge, a major feature of the new design for the busy exchange. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

6-10 project on track despite dust-up over soil

Focus 12/18/2020

The $410 million reconstruction of the Route 6-10 connector in Providence is on time and within budget, with one of the project’s major features...

UNDER PRESSURE: Dr. Raymond Powrie, Care New England’s chief of medicine, acknowledges that financially “hard decisions have been made” during the pandemic. / PBN PHOTO/PAMELA BHATIA

Lifespan, CNE move toward merger, leaving many to wonder about side...

Coronavirus 09/18/2020

For decades, Rhode Island’s two largest hospital systems have been rivals, each enduring similar financial pressures on their own in a small but competitive...