Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in September was 4.5%, down slightly from 4.6% in August, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training said Tuesday.  The U.S. unemployment rate was 4 ...

R.I. Secretary of Commerce Stefan Pryor has once again taken a prominent role in the state’s economic development.   The first to hold the commerce secretary title, Pryor stepped down in 2022 to make ...

The Washington Trust Co. added five senior professionals to its Washington Trust Wealth Management division following a recent acquisition and team expansions, the bank announced. The hires continue ...

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. is expanding its private wealth business with the addition of a new 401(k)-focused ...

Massachusetts’ highest court heard oral arguments in the state’s lawsuit arguing that Meta designed features on Facebook and Instagram to make them addictive to young users. The lawsuit, filed in 2024 ...

Beginning in January, the Diocese of Fall River will move its monthly newspaper and weekly televised Mass to digital formats.  In its statement on Dec. 5, the diocese said the changes are due to ...

The sister of the owner of ‘The Conjuring’ home has filed a lawsuit against its new potential owner, WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported Monday.  Elizabeth Greenhalgh of Utah wants an R.I. Superior Court judge to ...

PROVIDENCE – Five Rhode Island companies have each earned a 2025 HIRE Vets Medallion Award, the only federal-level veterans employment award given by the U.S. Department of Labor.  Established in 2018 ...

R.I., and John Barrasso, R-Wyo., have introduced bipartisan legislation known as the ACO Assignment Improvement Act. The legislation expands participation in Medicare’s coordinated-care programs by ...

Amid contract negotiations, more than 650 resident physicians and fellows at Kent County Memorial, Women & Infants, Butler ...

Trinity Repertory Company Four years ago, Trinity Repertory Company created a position to oversee its long-standing commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and anti-racism, to ensure that message ...

CVS Health Corp. has agreed to pay $37.76 million to settle claims it improperly overdispensed and overbilled federal health care programs for insulin pens between 2010 and 2020, according to a report ...