As of Tuesday, businesses in Rhode Island can allow fully vaccinated customers inside without a face mask. But some business owners say they’re not ready to change their mask policies.
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R.I. lawmakers approve unemployment changes to entice workers
Many Rhode Island businesses are having trouble finding employees as the busy summer season approaches. State lawmakers hope to address these staffing shortages by allowing people to work more hours while retaining their unemployment benefits.
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Vineyard Wind gains final approval from Biden administration
The federal government announced its final approval of the nation’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm Tuesday. The 800-megawatt Vineyard Wind project, south of Martha’s Vineyard near Cape Cod, would be the first utility-scale wind power development in federal waters. Vineyard Wind, a joit venture between a Danish investment firm and the Basque utility Iberdrola, indicated […]
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Witnesses in Correia trial detail alleged pay-to-play scheme for marijuana licenses in Fall River
The former mayor of Fall River, Jasiel F. Correia II, is on trial this month for 24 criminal charges, including allegations that he took more than half a million dollars in bribes from marijuana vendors seeking his permission to open. This is a detailed account of one of the alleged bribes, drawing on witness testimony and exhibits of evidence from the trial.
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Steelworkers strike for higher pay in New Bedford, joining 1,300 across northeast
Sixty employees of Allegheny Technologies, Inc. are on strike in New Bedford’s South End, fighting for their first raise in seven years.
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New Bedford adapts to China’s ban on U.S. recycling, with lots of added costs
Residents are putting more material in their bins than ever before, but a lawsuit offers an inside look at a city struggling to cover the costs of a recycling program upended by China’s recent trade policies.
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The price of murder: Lizzie Borden home sells for six times Fall River’s average
In an era when true crime earns fortunes for news and entertainment companies, the unsolved Borden murders are driving real estate prices to new heights in Fall River. Lizzie Borden was 32 years old in 1892, the year police found her estranged father and stepmother hacked to death with a hatchet in the home they […]
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Some Rhode Island businesses see windfall from coronavirus pandemic
The last year has been a difficult one for many small businesses in Rhode Island. Hundreds have closed, while others are still trying to survive. But COVID-19 restrictions have been a boon to some industries.
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Floating turbines could bring offshore wind to deeper waters
A new report from an environmental nonprofit found the United States has enough offshore wind energy potential to power the entire nation’s electricity grid two times over. Even in a future where Americans forego fossil fuels to power cars and heat homes with electricity, researchers from Environment America say offshore wind alone could meet close […]
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Food court planned at One Union Station
The company that helped lead the redevelopment of One Union Station plans to create a 16,000-square-foot food court in the ground floor area formerly occupied by the Capital Grille and Bar Louie. Under a tentative agreement announced by the Rhode Island Foundation, Marsella Development Corporation will own and operate the first floor of One Union […]