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Education
May 25
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By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer

Unions oppose Gist rehiring

Rhode Island’s longtime efforts to boost the quality of K-12 public education have hit turbulence with teachers unions pushing to replace state Commissioner of Education Deborah Gist as her June 7 contract renewal date approaches.
Health Care
Apr 20
By Richard Asinof
Contributing Writer

Union, hospital clash over nurse staffing

Three-hundred and ninety-nine nurses and union members picketed outside the Dudley Street entrance of Women & Infants Hospital on April 11, calling on the Providence hospital to lift its hiring freeze and fill vacant positions with permanent, local workers instead of hiring temporary, subcontracted “traveler” nurses.
Editorials
Apr 20

Transparency, not risk, is the issue here

General Treasurer Gina M. Raimondo has taken more media shots for her choice to allocate 22 percent of the state’s pension funds to alternative investments, including hedge funds.
Politics
Apr 20

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer

‘One thing [won’t] fix our economy’

With his city’s fiscal position stabilized, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras has turned toward growing the local economy and redeveloping underutilized properties. That’s brought him up against some of the most difficult and expensive challenges in Rhode Island. They include saving its tallest building, the Industrial Trust Tower, and its most spectacular historic-redevelopment failure, the South Street Power Station (Dynamo House). They also include bringing long-sought streetcar service to the capital city and replacing abundant surface parking lots with productive, activity-generating buildings.

Government
Apr 13

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer

Raimondo defends pension investments

Critics of the Rhode Island pension system’s growing investment in hedge funds warn that they’ve increased the state’s exposure to risk while subjecting it to the notoriously high fees charged by alternative-investment managers.
Government
Mar 19

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 …
Education
Mar 16
Bloomberg News

Colleges give faculty perks as student costs grow

The University of Chicago paid James Madara $2.5 million in severance when he stepped down in 2009 as medical dean and hospital chief. Madara, who remained on the faculty, later joined the American Medical Association.
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