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Environment
May 22
By PBN Staff
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Attleboro site added to national Superfund listThe former Walton & Lonsbury Inc. facility in Attleboro has been added to the National Properties List of Superfund sites by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. |
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Economic Activity
May 22
By Craig Torres |
Bernanke says premature Fed tightening would endanger recoveryFederal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the U.S. economy remains hampered by high unemployment and government spending cuts, and tightening policy too soon would endanger the recovery. |
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Economic Development
May 21
By Lindsay Lorenz |
Valois confirmed as RIEDC leaderMarcel A. Valois, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee’s nominee to lead the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, was unanimously confirmed by the Rhode Island Senate Tuesday. |
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Housing
May 21
By Lindsay Lorenz |
Mortgage settlement gives 2,000 R.I. homeowners reliefAs of March 31, more than 2,000 homeowners in Rhode Island have received some type of relief through the National Mortgage Settlement, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced Tuesday. |
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Innovation
May 21
By PBN Staff
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Building Futures wins Workforce Board’s innovation awardBuilding Futures, a program of The Providence Plan, was named the 2013 winner of the Governor’s Workforce Board’s Innovation Award. |
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Human Resources
May 21
By PBN Staff
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Cranston schools selected as finalist for ‘Freedom Award’The Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, a U.S. Department of Defense Office, has selected the Cranston Public Schools as a finalist for the 2013 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. |
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Politics
May 21
By PBN Staff
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Block to run for governor, says state is ‘starved for leadership’Entrepreneur and Moderate Party founder Ken Block announced his intention to run for governor of Rhode Island on Tuesday. Block has been active in the state’s political circuit since placing fourth in the 2010 gubernatorial race. |