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Research Alliance plans $1.4M in 2009 grants
The R.I. Science and Technology Advisory Council today announced plans to invest another $1.4 million, through its R.I. Research Alliance and Collaborative Research Award Program, to encourage research ...
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Rhode Island Forced to Deal with Cash-Flow Crunch
On Monday, the state was forced to draw $25 million out of a temporary disability insurance fund a ' financed by mandatory payroll contributions by private sector workers across the state a ' to make a promised ...
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Why Rhode Island is hurting
If the nation's fiscal crisis confirms that Rhode Island isn't alone in facing serious economic woes, the state doesn't suffer from a lack of other challenges that threaten the quest for its long-sought ...
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Deepwater Wind to Build Rhode Island Off-Shore Wind Plant
Rhode Island's off-shore wind project will install wind turbines in the ocean, much like these off the coast of Arklow, Ireland.
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Health Insurance Industry Hosts Roundtable Discussion With Rhode...
Working families and small business owners shared their health care stories and their priorities for health care reform at a roundtable discussion in Providence, Rhode Island, hosted by America's Health ...
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EPA Awards Rhode Island $196,880 for Clean Diesel Projects -- Part of ...
Today, EPA announced the award of $196,880 to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management for clean diesel projects across the state.
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Activists pitch green jobs as a win-win for Rhode Island
With global warming looming and the US economy in a mess, environmentalists have a simple answer - ' green jobs - ' for simultaneously promoting environmental protection and economic development.
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Police Trained To Deal With Mentally Ill
Police from departments around Rhode Island are learning how to deal more effectively with the mentally ill.
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Hot Topic: United Way Steps Up Fund Raising to Help Rhode Islanders in Financial Crisis
The "Hot Topic" today is again the crisis on Wall Street, and how it's affecting all of our bottom lines.
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Lawyer for Deepwater Wind once served as Carcieri's chief of staff
The developer selected by Governor Carcieri to build a $1.5-billion wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island is represented by a local lawyer who served as Carcieri's chief of staff for four years.
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State Allows Firm to Develop Massive Wind Farm Off Coast of RI
Rhode Island has granted a New Jersey-based renewable energy firm the right to develop a massive wind farm off the state's coast.
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Delegates Praise Rhode Island's Influenza Vaccine Model, Oppose DTC Health Screening
Tiny Rhode Island played a big role at the 2008 AAFP Congress of Delegates here, when the testimony of one of that constituent chapter's delegates gave his colleagues an inside look at a state-based system ...
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Rhode Island students score poorly on state's first science test
More than 75 percent of Rhode Island students are failing to grasp key scientific concepts that educators say they should be learning.
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Students put brakes on RIPTA meeting
A student group protesting possible bus service cuts halted a meeting of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority board of directors yesterday, chanting and shouting down Chairman John Rupp until he gave up ...
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Rhode Island Marks 70th Anniversary of Its Most Destructive Storm
Downtown Providence was flooded and neighborhoods were destroyed. A group of school children who drowned after their bus was swept off the road were among the hundreds killed.
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Sept. 21, 1938: The darkest day in Rhode Island history
An image of the Taylor cottage, near Westerly native Jean McCrosky's home at Weekapaug Beach, tells the story.
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Court decision clarifies Rhode Island labor rate survey
Collision repair shops are claiming a victory in a recent court dispute over Rhode Island's labor rate survey law.
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RI hospital group says doc operated on wrong knee
Health authorities are investigating how a surgeon accidentally operated on the wrong knee of a patient at The Miriam Hospital in Providence.
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Crisis on Wall Street: How does the AIG Bailout Affect the State of Rhode Island?
Crisis on Wall Street: How does the AIG Bailout Affect the State of Rhode Island? Story Created: Sep 17, 2008 at 4:31 PM EDT Story Updated: Sep 17, 2008 at 4:36 PM EDT The market is seeing billions more dollars ...
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Lawmakers Raise Concern About Rhode Island Global Waiver
Main Category: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Article Date: 18 Sep 2008 - 10:00 PDT Several lawmakers have raised concern with the "closed-door negotiations" being conducted between Rhode Island Gov.
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