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WalletHub: R.I. 14th best in nation for working from home

Economic Activity 04/08/2024

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is the 14th-best state in the nation for working from home for the second straight year, according to a study...

WalletHub: R.I. ranks 13th-highest in nation for property taxes

Economy 02/23/2024

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s property tax rate was found to be the 13th-highest in the nation for the second straight year, according to a...

VESTED INTEREST: Gina Lalli, senior loan officer at Shamrock Home Loans, hopes interest-rate cuts will come in 2024 to spur some home sales activity. New mortgage applications in November were 20% lower than they were a year earlier. PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Real estate industry ready for some rate cuts

Economic Activity 01/05/2024

While many real estate agents are dream sellers, Gina Lalli, senior loan officer at Shamrock Home Loans in Newport, often has to give buyers...

SAVING EARLY: Frank Giorgio, vice president of investments and business development at Lax & Co. LLC in Warwick, advises clients to enroll in 401(k) and 403(b) plans when available. Under the Secure 2.0 Act, most companies will have to auto-enroll new employees into these plans.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Secure 2.0 Act could help workers save for retirement

Financial Services 11/10/2023

For around half of Americans, retirement isn’t as restful as its moniker implies – if they can achieve retirement at all. “We do deal with...

Child poverty in the U.S. jumped and income declined in 2022...

Economic Activity 09/12/2023

Child poverty in the United States more than doubled and median household income declined last year when coronavirus pandemic-era government benefits expired and inflation...

RHODE ISLAND has the fourth-lowest share of households in the United States that use brick-and-mortar bank branches, according to a report by Upgraded Points LLC. Pictured is a Centreville Bank branch built in Warwick in 2020. / COURTESY CENTREVILLE BANK

Report: R.I. has 4th-lowest share of households in U.S. that use...

Financial Services 09/01/2023

PROVIDENCE – Nearly 80% of Rhode Island residents still use brick-and-mortar banks, according to a recent report by Upgraded Points LLC. Upgraded Points provides information...

Brown’s new performing arts center name sparks outrage among Cambodian Rhode...

Education 07/24/2023

PROVIDENCE – A 101,000-square foot building on Angell Street is set to be a jewel in the crown of Brown University’s multibillion-dollar real estate...