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International students weigh new risks of pursuing higher education in the...

Since plunging during the COVID-19 pandemic, international student enrollment in the U.S. has been rebounding – a relief to American universities that count on...

R.I. environmental nonprofits sue Trump administration over funding freeze 

Urban tree plantings, lead pipe education for landlords and local composting are already suffering from the Trump administration’s federal funding freeze, a new lawsuit...

Homeland Security: Brown doctor deported with U.S. visa supported Hezbollah leader 

BOSTON (AP) – Homeland Security officials on Monday said that a doctor from Lebanon who was deported over the weekend despite having a U.S....

Two judges in mass firings cases order Trump administration to rehire...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Two federal judges handed down orders requiring President Donald Trump's administration to rehire thousands, if not tens of thousands, of probationary...

Mortgage rates fall but could stay at a level that makes...

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Mortgage rates have been mostly declining in recent weeks, helping encourage prospective home shoppers just as the spring homebuying season...

Divided Supreme Court rejects Trump administration’s push to rebuke judge over...

WASHINGTON (AP) – A sharply divided Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a Trump administration push to rebuke a federal judge who imposed a quick deadline to release billions...

Promises made, promises kept?

Do you feel policies from the Trump administration will be beneficial to local businesses? No: 57% Yes: 43% Unsure: 0% Do you feel the economic climate was better...

Neronha joins lawsuit to protect Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha has joined a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from shutting down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.  In...
BORROWED TIME? Thomas Tzitzouris, head of fixed income research at New York City-based Strategas Research Partners, says households that have endured rising costs because of inflation will now have to deal with the debt they’ve built up. 
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Economist: After high inflation, debt may hold back momentum

Inflation may have cooled in recent months, but households in Rhode Island and beyond continue to feel the aftereffects. Thomas Tzitzouris, head of fixed income...

Alviti defends RIDOT, dismisses concerns over undisbursed federal funds for Washington...

PROVIDENCE – R.I. Department of Transportation Director Peter Alviti Jr. on Thursday dismissed anxieties over the undisbursed $220 million in federal funds that had...
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