Providence Business News Editor Mark Murphy joins Rhode Island Public Radio’s Dave Fallon for our weekly business segment, The Bottom Line. This week…
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Wexford Science & Technology Signs P&S For Big I-195 District Project
Baltimore-based Wexford Science and Technology and real estate developer CV Properties have signed a purchase and sale agreement for two parcels of land…
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Political Roundtable: Shekarchi On Brookings Report & Raimondo’s Use Of University Foundations
State Rep. Joseph Shekarchi (D-Warwick) joins Political Roundtable this week to discuss Brookings’ recommendations on the state’s economy; and whether i…
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Brookings Report Says RI Needs Investment In Key Sectors To Bolster Economy
A new report requested by the Raimondo administration says Rhode Island can overcome its economic listlessness by using a focused strategy to make targ…
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TGIF: 21 Things To Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media
Thanks for stopping by for my weekly column. As usual, your tips and comments are welcome, and you can follow me through the week on the twitters. Ther…
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Scott MacKay Commentary: MLK Day 2016, We Can Do Better
As we celebrate the legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, RIPR political analyst Scott MacKay wonders why we still haven’t made the progres…
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In Providence, Distinctive Downtown Architecture Faces Certain Demolition
Providence is moving forward on a plan to demolish the Fogarty Building, a 1960s structure that some architects see as an example of Brutalist architec…
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RI Business Leaders And Environmental Advocates Push For Stronger Enforcement
Environmental advocacy groups and businesses have been finding common ground in recent years around an unlikely issue: stronger enforcement of…
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General Electric Spurns Providence For Boston
The General Electric move from Fairfield County, on Connecticut’s Gold Coast, to Boston was probably inevitable, given the direction in which the iconic…
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Raimondo Says RI Remains In Talks With General Electric
Boston landed the big prize with the relocation from Connecticut of General Electric, but Governor Gina Raimondo said Wednesday the state is continuing…
