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A SIMPLER SYSTEM? Attorney Zachary Stolz, a law partner at Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick Ltd. 
who works on veterans affairs, is hopeful that the Dole Act, signed into law in January, will streamline the disability benefit process. 
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Veteran benefits, including in workplace, boosted under the wide-ranging Dole Act

In 20-plus years representing thousands of clients who are military veterans, Zachary Stolz, a law partner at Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick Ltd., has seen...

Report: More stakeholder engagement needed on offshore wind projects

PROVIDENDCE – Offshore wind energy development has positive and negative effects in several areas, but it is too early in the deployment of commercial offshore wind projects...
UP IN THE AIR: People such as Victoria McNeil, director of financial aid at the University of Rhode Island, are paying close attention to the projected $2.7 billion shortfall for the federal Pell Grant program and what it means for future aid to undergraduate students. 
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The future of Pell grants is unclear for students

The federal Pell Grant program, named after the late Rhode Island Sen. Claiborne Pell, has money problems. The Congressional Budget Office is projecting the program...

Legislative study commissions used to be where bills went to die....

Ten years have passed since Rep. Jennifer Boylan crouched next to her son in his fourth grade classroom, practicing what to do if someone...
ALMOST HALF of Americans over the age of 55 do not have funds in an 401(k) or a personal retirement account. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/MICHELE LIMINIA

Half of older Americans have nothing in retirement savings

NEW YORK - The bad news is that almost half of Americans approaching retirement have nothing saved in a 401(k) or other individual account....
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