States are turning to employers to boost child care benefits
Seventeen states, including Rhode Island, offer child care tax credits to employers that assist employees with access to child care centers. (Rawpixel/Getty image)...
Plumbing Supply Firm Loses Appeal Over Sales Reps’ Overtime Pay
A federal appeals court has upheld a district court ruling that a wholesale distributor of plumbing supplies has wrongly exempted its inside sales representatives...
RI landlords required to sign up for ‘lead registry’ by Oct. 1
CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island Department of Health has launched a new lead registry and is requiring landlords statewide to sign...
Pawtucket Sen. Sandra Cano resigns for new ‘opportunity’
Rep. Sandra Cano, a Pawtucket Democrat, listens during a meeting of the Senate Finance Committee at the Rhode Island State House on Tuesday, May...
State Sen. Sandra Cano resigns to take new job
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — State Sen. Sandra Cano, who’s been seen as a rising star in Rhode Island politics since her underdog run...
R.I. Community Food Bank struggles to keep up with growing demand
A row of mostly empty shelves inside the Rhode Island Community Food Bank's distribution center on Niantic Avenue in Providence. (Photo courtesy of...
Working through pain and demanding jobs: RI construction workers battle opioid epidemic
PROVIDENCE – The opioid epidemic has hit construction workers and people who work in similar occupations hardest of all. Suicide...
Southcoast Wind to Provide 200 Megawatts of Offshore Wind Power to R.I.
Rhode Island has agreed to buy 200 megawatts of electricity from Southcoast Wind in a joint energy procurement agreement with Massachusetts. The two states...
‘The Gilded Age’ is currently casting in Newport
The glitz and glam of Hollywood captures the attention of Americans starting from an early age. Beyond celebrities' Instagram Stories and red carpet poses,...
RISP troopers make multiple arrests following road rage incident, fugitive apprehension
CRANSTON - A series of arrests by Rhode Island State Troopers yesterday led to the apprehension of individuals involved in reckless driving, a fugitive...
