Public Policy

(Updated, 6 p.m.) 38 Studios LLC founder Curt Schilling, along with a team from his company, are at the R.I. Economic Development Corporation offices in the city’s Valley neighborhood, as the agency’s board of directors meets to decide the fate of the cash-poor video-game developer. 5:56 pm

Dr. G. Alan Kurose, president and CEO of Coastal Medical, one of the largest group practices of physicians in Rhode Island, testified on May 16 before the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. 4:51 am

For years, Narragansett scallop fisherman Michael Marchetti has believed information being used by government officials to manage the fishery did not correlate with his at-sea observations. He’s taken advantage of several research programs to both improve available data and increase his own financial opportunities in an industry in which many of his colleagues are feeling increasingly burdened by regulatory requirements. May 19

Everyone wants American-made, says Raymond W. Fogarty, director of the John H. Chafee Center for International Business at Bryant University, and that’s a reason to pay attention to what he calls a manufacturing renaissance, despite a widely held sentiment that sector has all but disappeared. May 19

NORTH KINGSTOWN – Applied Radar Inc. landed two contracts totaling $650,000 from the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. May 19

PROVIDENCE – Mayor Angel Taveras announced last week the city will begin accepting applications for its first fire academy in four years. The move is expected to save millions of dollars in overtime costs. May 19

BOSTON – Mass. Division of Insurance Commissioner Joseph G. Murphy issued an order this month rejecting the Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriters Association proposed rate filings for home insurance policies across the state through the FAIR Plan. May 19

Medical-marijuana dispensaries should be financially viable under the size limits passed by lawmakers last week, advocates of the centers say, even if the reduced scale will not meet demand for their services from patients. May 19

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health this month announced two resources to help Rhode Islanders monitor the quality of their drinking water. May 19

To paraphrase Mark Twain, “A lender is a fellow who charges you for his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.” If that’s the case, a Rhode Island payday lender is the fellow that lends you a paper umbrella for the mere cost of 260 percent annual interest when it starts raining and then wants it back minutes later in the middle of the rain to sell you another one. May 19