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R.I. home prices rise 4.4% Y/Y in February as inventory remains...

Economic Activity 03/17/2023

WARWICK – The median price of single-family homes sold in Rhode Island continued to climb in February, rising 4.4% year over year, while sales...

Healey’s proposed estate tax threshold could have grave consequences in R.I.

Economic Activity 03/15/2023

Rhode Island is always looking over its shoulder at Massachusetts when it comes to taxes. So as Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey proposes giving more Commonwealth...

A RENDERING OF the docks planned at the Naval Station Newport when National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Marine Operations Center-Atlantic relocates to Newport. / COURTESY SEN. JACK REED'S OFFICE

NOAA moving Atlantic operations center to Newport, constructing $150M base

Economic Activity 03/15/2023

PROVIDENCE – Plans to relocate the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Marine Operations Center-Atlantic from Norfolk, Va., to Naval Station Newport, are being finalized,...

Mass. COVID-19 public health emergency ending May 11

Coronavirus 03/15/2023

PROVIDENCE – The COVID-19 public health emergency in Massachusetts will end May 11, the same day the federal public health emergency is set to...

R.I. unemployment rate dips slightly to 3.1% in January

Business Services 03/09/2023

CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment in January was 3.1%, one-tenth of a percentage point less than December, the R.I. Department of Labor...

CoreLogic: R.I. home price index up 5.5% Y/Y in January

Economic Activity 03/07/2023

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island home-price index increased 6.4% year over year in January, slightly higher than the national growth rate of 5.5%, CoreLogic...

RHODE ISLAND residents had more faith in their state and local governments, including Daniel J. McKee than they did with federal lawmakers in handling the COVID-19 pandemic, according to according to a poll from the COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding the Public’s Policy Preferences Across States. / AP FILE PHOTO

Survey: R.I. residents trusted state, local governments more than federal in...

Coronavirus 03/02/2023

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island residents had more faith in their state and local governments than they did in federal lawmakers in handling the COVID-19...

U.S. rent growth easing, but remains a burden for many tenants

Economic Activity 03/02/2023

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The cost of renting an apartment is easing after skyrocketing in recent years, though it remains painfully high for many...

Final state emergencies winding down 3 years into pandemic

Coronavirus 02/28/2023

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California's coronavirus emergency officially ends Tuesday, nearly three years after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued the nation's first statewide stay-at-home order...