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Deadline nearing for for-profit annual reports
The deadline for Rhode Island’s 30,000-plus for-profit corporations to file annual reports with the state is approaching. more
Hagel pressed to add East Coast missile defense, would aid Raytheon
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel should include funds in the Pentagon’s next budget request to start work on a U.S. East Coast site for 20 anti-missile interceptors as a defense against Iran, House Republicans said. more
Providence gets 30% bonus curbing $109,000 retirees
Providence was so close to running out of cash a year ago that it couldn’t pay for tires on police cars. This month, Wall Street lined up to lend to Rhode Island’s capital, shrinking … more
Many with health insurance received free preventive care under Affordable Care Act
About 71 million Americans with private health insurance received free preventative care such as a mammogram or flu shot under the Affordable Care Act in 2011 or 2012, according to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. more
URI freezes tuition for a year
The University of Rhode Island has frozen tuition for the 2013-14 academic year for all students. more
| 3/18/13
U.S. stock futures drop as Cyprus bank levy renews euro concern
U.S. stock-index futures fell as euro-area leaders imposed a levy on Cypriot bank deposits to cut the cost of a bailout, sparking concern the measure may one day be used in the bigger economies of Spain or Italy. more
Private sector must step up for economic recovery
More than five years after the Great Recession hit, Rhode Island’s economy is finally showing real signs of recovery. New businesses are opening, housing markets are starting to recover and the unemployed are starting to find jobs. But we still have much to do. Many of our fellow residents are still facing hard times and the state now faces a potential $128 million deficit, which could result in deep cuts in the very programs we need to jump-start economic growth. more
Guest Column:
Ned Handy | 3/18/13
As market shifts, time to change offshore wind-energy policy
Rep. Joseph M. McNamara, D-Warwick, has proposed a bill, which has gotten substantial attention by the state’s news media, to make calamari the official state appetizer. more
Guest Column:
William H. Ferguson | 3/18/13
Boston booms as young workers eschew suburbs
The South Boston waterfront was long a bleak area separated from the rest of the city by the Fort Point Channel, its docks and warehouses recalling a faded shipping past. Now, rechristened the Seaport district, construction cranes dot the landscape as builders put up high-end condominiums, offices and hotels in one of the biggest neighborhood transformations in Boston history. more
Bloomberg News | 3/18/13
Kilmartin submits records-check bills
PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin last week announced that he has submitted legislation to implement a criminal-records-check program for long-term-care providers who have direct patient access. more
3/18/13
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