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McKee: Letters to victims of massive RIBridges data breach being mailed

PROVIDENCE – Almost two weeks after hackers released stolen information from the RIBridges public benefits system on the dark web, state officials have begun...

Fitch: RIBridges breach likely won’t affect state’s bond rating

PROVIDENCE – Fitch Ratings says it does not foresee any immediate effect on Rhode Island's “AA” bond rating and positive outlook in the wake...
WHAT’S IN STORE? The R.I. Department of Administration has moved more agencies into the state-owned Shepard Building in downtown Providence, which for a century served as a department store. More space has opened in the building because the University of Rhode Island has reduced its presence. 
PBN PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

For now, state adds more tenants to Shepard Building

Nearly two years after the R.I. Department of Administration announced it was seeking new proposals for the landmark Shepard Building in downtown Providence –...

State could close current fiscal year with $77M surplus

PROVIDENCE – While there remains a lingering projected budget deficit of nearly $400 million during the next fiscal year, a report issued by R.I....

R.I. gets $24M in federal funding for utility assistance program

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is receiving $24 million for the state's Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to help low-income families afford their energy...

McKee’s proposed cabinet raises include 43% boost for health director

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Administration on Tuesday held a brief public hearing on proposed salary increases for a dozen members of Gov....
ROUNDTABLE: Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island CEO and President Peter Marino, center, meets with staff at the health insurer’s Smithfield headquarters.
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

‘Turbulent time’ for those up for Medicaid renewal

The staff at Thundermist Health Center has been bracing for a flood of work this year, and that flood has now arrived. The center, a...

Pennrose, partners break ground on 127-unit Parcel 9 apartment project

PROVIDENCE – Philadelphia firm Pennrose LLC recently celebrated a groundbreaking for the first phase of construction on Parcel 9 in the Fox Point neighborhood,...
NAVIGATING SHORTAGES: 
R.I. environmental police officer Jacob Malone, left, checks the size of striped bass caught by two unidentified fishermen in Narragansett Bay. The R.I. Department of Environmental Management says staff shortages have made it difficult to schedule such law enforcement ­operations. 
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DAVID HANSEN

HELP WANTED: There are 1,700 unfilled state jobs, but has anyone...

Stacy Smith says the job for “front-line” workers at the R.I. Department of Human Services isn’t easy in normal times, but the labor market...

Polaris MEP, Chicago nonprofit open manufacturing job training center

PROVIDENCE – Advanced manufacturing training sessions, job placement assistance, English language classes and financial coaching are a few resources now available to residents free...
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