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02/01/2012 - 9:54am
Providence Business News
John Crane Inc. is laying off 70 people and closing its plant in Cranston, according to a notice filed with the R.I. Department of Labor and Training.
01/20/2012 - 12:04am
Providence Eyewitness News
More Rhode Islanders looked for work in December but failed to find it, boosting the unemployment rate as the state lost jobs for a fifth straight month.
12/30/2011 - 10:46am
Fall River Herald News
Local Kmart and Sears locations will remain open, at least for now. Parent company Sears Holdings announced its first round of store closures on Thursday, which did not include any locations in Massachusetts or Rhode Island.
12/30/2011 - 12:06am
The Boston Globe
The legalization of casino gambling in Massachusetts has Rhode Island political leaders scrambling to protect a critical source of state income: its local slot parlors.
12/20/2011 - 11:51pm
Providence Eyewitness News
Cookson Precious Metals is laying off between 225 and 300 workers by the end of March.
12/06/2011 - 8:05am
BusinessWeek
It appears Rhode Island's sole mail processing center will stay open while the U.S. Postal Service moves to cut costs to avert possible bankruptcy.
12/05/2011 - 6:38pm
Providence Eyewitness News
Already mocked by some as "snail mail," first-class U.S. mail will slow even more by next spring under plans by the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service to eliminate more than 250 processing centers.
11/28/2011 - 5:27am
Boston.com
The nation's top public housing official is coming to Rhode Island to highlight President Barack Obama's proposal to put local builders to work rehabilitating vacant buildings.
11/24/2011 - 9:44am
PressZoom (press release)
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development New England Regional Administrator Barbara Fields today joined Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee, U.S. Senators' Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen James Langevin and David Cicilline to announce a $1,934,961 million Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant to the Rhode Island Division of Planning.
11/21/2011 - 12:37pm
Turn to 10.com
The Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training and other agencies sponsored a job fair Wednesday specifically for military personnel.
11/17/2011 - 1:12pm
WPRO
A casino gambling expert says this week's vote by the Massachusetts Legislature approving landmark casino gambling legislation leaves Rhode Island scrambling to catch up.
10/25/2011 - 4:14am
GoLocalProv
Sionni served as a union steward and was involved in negotiating the contract with the teamsters and the urban league. He claims it was clear the company was mismanaged for years.
10/21/2011 - 3:01am
GoLocalProv
Rhode Island’s unemployment rate dropped a tenth of a point, but the state lost more jobs in September, raising concerns that the slowing economy could be fully stalled at this point.
10/17/2011 - 11:41am
Providence Business News
Lowe’s Companies Inc., the national home improvement goods chain, is closing its store in North Kingstown and laying off its 110 employees.
10/12/2011 - 10:56am
Providence Eyewitness News
Employers advertised fewer jobs in August than the previous month. Some may have pulled back on hiring plans in the face of wild stock market swings and renewed recession fears.
10/12/2011 - 8:04am
Providence Journal
Nineteen people are in the running for the vacant job of fire chief, including the man who is holding it for the time being, Michael J. Dillon, assistant chief of operations.
10/12/2011 - 4:04am
GoLocalProv
The state of Rhode Island has been awarded nearly $1.1 billion in contracts, grants and loans from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) since 2009, spending a total of $666,370,273 on projects ranging from bridge repair and education programs all the way to tiny arts initiatives and organizations like the Boys and Girls Club.