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Is AG cold-case unit worth the cost?

It’s been more than two years since state lawmakers granted Attorney General Peter F. Neronha’s request for a $300,000 budget appropriation to create a...
BRIGHTSTAR Global Solutions Corp., a rebranded lottery subsidiary of International Game Technology PLC, has been informing some former employees that their personal data may have been compromised by a data breach in 2024. Some in Rhode Island are questioning whether companies should be allowed to go so long before sending out notifications. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Does Rhode Island need tougher reporting requirements for data breaches that...

Brightstar Global Solutions Corp., a rebranded lottery subsidiary of International Game Technology PLC, recently informed the state and many former employees that the personal...
BRIGHTSTAR Global Solutions Corp., a rebranded lottery subsidiary of International Game Technology PLC, has been informing some former employees that their personal data may have been compromised by a data breach in 2024. Some in Rhode Island are questioning whether companies should be allowed to go so long before sending out notifications. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Data breach victims informed 11 months later; is a loophole in...

Gov. Daniel J. McKee may have proclaimed October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month in Rhode Island – aligning with a nationwide effort to combat the...

Does R.I. need more legislative hearings on Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s...

Democratic Statehouse leaders say they will schedule legislative hearings on Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s administration’s handling of the Washington Bridge shutdown in 2023. The General...

McKee: Bring on another Washington Bridge oversight hearing

Gov. Daniel J. McKee is urging legislative leaders to hold an oversight hearing on his administration’s handling of the Washington Bridge closure after a...
A THIRD PARTY: HealthSource RI’s website takes prospective customers to another site operated by an outside vendor in which concerns have been raised about privacy law violations, but HSRI says identifiable health information has not been exposed. 
PBN PHOTO

Privacy concerns raised around health exchanges

In today’s hyperconnected world, internet ­users are moving quickly from one website to another with clicks of a mouse. And this can create problems. The state’s...

Neronha’s proposed rule takes aim at private equity in health care

Attorney General Peter F. Neronha is looking to expand his office’s oversight of health care transactions with the aim of limiting private equity acquisitions...
MAKING IT WORK: R.I. Public Defender Collin Geiselman, left, and Matthew Toro, deputy public defender, discuss cases in their office in Providence. Now that higher pay rates have been approved, the public defender’s office is having a much easier time keeping and hiring staff. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. public defenders get helping hand, but still understaffed

The workload has gotten easier for the attorneys in the R.I. ­Office of the Public Defender, but it’s still not case closed when it...
FOR SALE: A sign outside Oak Hill Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing in Pawtucket during the COVID-19 pandemic. The nursing home is one of two in Rhode Island that Pointe Group Care LLC, a for-profit company, is looking to buy. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Divided views on for-profit company buying R.I. nursing homes

Two struggling skilled nursing facilities are on track to be sold to a Massachusetts-based company, reigniting the debate over whether businesses looking to maximize...

Some are upset with working waterfront proposal for Providence Comprehensive Plan

A compromise between Providence city councilors and Mayor Brett P. Smiley is expected to clear the way for passage of the city’s 10-year Comprehensive...
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