Mortgage Refinance

If the owners of flooded houses along the Pawtuxet River had federal flood insurance, they would be eligible for up to $250,000 in coverage for their losses.

"It is clear that Congress must pass a strong federal renewable electricity standard so that investors, developers and state policy makers are working together to achieve a common goal," said Iowa Governor Chet Culver today during a press call to release the findings of a new wind energy report: Great Expectations: U.S. Wind Energy Development, the ...

General Assembly leaders are considering a plan to revise the state's personal income tax system.

A coalition representing governors of 29 states is urging the federal government to take steps to boost wind energy, such as a renewable energy standard requiring utilities to produce at least 10 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2012.

Considerable flooding is likely in Rhode Island into Monday because of a stalled northeaster along the Mid-Atlantic Coast, the National Weather Service said in an advisory Saturday.

Rhode Islanders can expect to pay at least $3 a gallon for gas in the next few months.

On Thursday, March 11, 2010, the Rhode Island State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, along with the Coventry and Providence Police Departments, arrested Donald Bender, age 20, of 14 Newell Court, Coventry, Rhode Island for Possession of Child Pornography.

AIMING HIGH: Washington Trust launched its 10th annual PB Xpress on March 3 at the Rhode Island Community Food Bank.

While writing a story about Cody Wild that was in Sunday's Journal, I got to wondering how many Rhode Islanders had suited up for the Providence Bruins? After going over the names at hockeydb.com, to the best of my knowledge, Wild is both the 12th Rhode Islander and the 12th former Friar to wear the black and gold.

Rhode Island is one of 16 finalists in the $4-billion federal Race to the Top competition, designed to reward states that embrace radical school reforms.

A Rhode Island trial judge has been nominated for a seat on the state's highest court.

Rhode Island cannot afford the system that currently promises lifetime pension benefits to 19,733 retired public school teachers and state workers, according to a report released Sunday by the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council that details soaring costs set to explode in the coming years.

In the first piece of significant regulatory reform to come out of Smith Hill in some time, Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis has proposed an initiative to reduce the amount of time and paperwork it takes to start a business in Rhode Island.

Rhode Island lawmakers are considering a proposal to raise rates at the Department of Motor Vehicles as a way to deal with the statea s budget deficit.

The U.S. Department of Education named 16 finalists Thursday in the first round of its "Race to the Top" competition, which will deliver $4.35 billion in school reform grants.

Governor Carcieri Proclaims March 3, 2010 "Spread the Word to End the Word Day" in Rhode Island, to Banish the Word "Retard" from Everyday Vocabulary Governor Donald L. Carcieri has proclaimed March 3, 2010 Spread the Word to End the Word Day in Rhode Island, joining a national movement to eliminate the word "retard" - the "R-word" - from everyday ...

Rhode Island has joined 16 other states in a national effort to dramatically increase the number of young people who graduate from college, an economic and educational priority of the Obama administration.

Rhode Island voters are worried about the economy, the direction of their state and the capacity of their leaders to solve anything.

The U.S. Census Bureau is seeking several recruiting assistants in Rhode Island; preferably bilingual in English and at least one of the following languages: Arabic, Khmer , Italian, Laotian, Portuguese/Creole, Russian or Spanish.

As the U.S. government prepares to count all its residents, community leaders and census officials Saturday launched efforts to ensure that Rhode Island's Southeast Asian residents are fully counted during the 2010 Census.