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­COMBATING CRYPTO SCAMS: 
Rep. Julie A. ­Casimiro was a sponsor of legislation intended to make it more difficult for fraudsters to take money from people using cryptocurrency ATMs, a growing problem nationwide. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

As crypto ATM scams grow, R.I. moves to prevent them

These aren’t your parents’ ATMs – they’re a new tool increasingly exploited by scammers. Similar in appearance to traditional ATMs found in convenience stores, laundromats...

Cannabis Control Commission sued over consent agreement reached with Foster dispensary

WARWICK – Rhode Island Compassion Center has filed a lawsuit against the R.I. Cannabis Control Commission in R.I. Superior Court over a recent consent...

R.I. cannabis regulators put pause on new hemp retailer licenses

Ten applicants seeking retail hemp licenses may have to wait until next March or longer after the R.I. Cannabis Control Commission paused issuing new...
HARVEST TIME: 
Jason Calderon, CEO of Bonsai Buds LLC in Exeter, tends to mature marijuana plants in the grow room 
that are ready to be dried. 
PBN PHOTO/
ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Buzz kill? As R.I. prepares to expand cannabis licenses, sector’s future...

The last few years have been a struggle for Karen Ballou, owner of ­CultivatingRI LLC. She’s been waiting for state regulators to assemble the framework...

Tanner says leaving Commerce her idea: ‘I presented a plan, [McKee]...

PROVIDENCE – Elizabeth M. Tanner, who has led R.I. Commerce Corp. since June 2022, is leaving the quasi-government agency, effective July 4, to serve...

State opens new office to oversee legal cannabis industry

WARWICK – A new office is now charged with oversight and enforcement of the state’s legal cannabis industry established under the Rhode Island Cannabis...

R.I. Cannabis Commission approves adult-use industry regulations

WARWICK – The R.I. Cannabis Control Commission has approved its long-awaited draft rules and regulations governing the state’s adult-use industry. Effective May 1, the approval...
AFFORDABLE POLICIES: Rep. Joseph J. Solomon Jr., D-Warwick, has sponsored a pet insurance bill to help filter out bad actors in the market and make policies more affordable. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Pet insurance market booming, legislation looks to rein in bad practices

An industry born from the first policy taken out in 1982 for the TV celebrity collie Lassie is now a multibillion-dollar market, growing so...
CHALLENGING MARKET: Butler & Messier Inc. insurance agent Ernie Shaghalian, left, chairman of the Government Affairs Committee of the Independent Insurance Agents of Rhode Island, meets with Mark Male, CEO and president of Rhode Island Association of Insurance Agents Inc. Shaghalian says the property insurance market is the worst he’s seen it in 45 years.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Pullback by insurers adds to difficulty of house hunting

Finding a home in Rhode Island is difficult enough these days, but after prospective homebuyers pinpoint the rare house in their price range and...
FIRST OF A KIND: Ten years ago, this South Kingstown house on Teal Drive was the first in Rhode Island to be constructed to the Fortified building standard developed by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety in 2010. There are bills in the state Senate and House to make funding available for more homes to be “hardened” against extreme weather. 
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Fortified homes needed, but they’re not cheap

The 2,400-square-foot clapboard-covered home overlooking Green Hill Pond in South Kingstown didn’t look particularly extraordinary among the other houses along Teal Drive when it...
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