All the headlines from our Rhode Island Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 3 2012 // Rhode Island’s governor has signed a plan designed to reduce fatalities and serious injuries on the state’s roadways. Gov. Lincoln Chafee on Monday signed the Strategic Highway Safety Plan, which focuses on...
Oct 1 2012 // The owner of the site of a 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people is donating the land for a permanent memorial, bringing an end to a yearslong effort to secure the site of The Station fire by families of those killed...
Sep 18 2012 // The father of one of the 100 people who died in a 2003 Rhode Island nightclub fire is asking the state to take by eminent domain the land where the nightclub once sat so a memorial can be built. Dave Kane’s son,...
Aug 16 2012 // First thieves swiped manhole covers from a new subdivision. Then officials discovered that bronze plaques honoring work done during the Great Depression had been pried from sidewalks at Providence’s largest park....
Aug 3 2012 // Prosecutors say a Warwick, R.I., woman has been sentenced to 10 years and a day in federal prison for setting her house on fire to commit mail fraud. The Providence Journal reports that U.S. Attorney Peter Neronha says...
Aug 1 2012 // Rhode Island emergency management officials are testing the state’s response to a major hurricane.The state’s National Guard and Emergency Management Agency are holding a hurricane simulation. It runs from...
Jul 18 2012 // Rhode Island’s attorney general is warning consumers about possible identity theft and Medicare fraud by scammers apparently trying to take advantage of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling upholding the health...
Jul 2 2012 // The R.I. Department of Labor and Training proposed last month an assessment rate for workers’ comp insurers of 6.75 percent for the coming year, effective July 15, 2012. This rate has remained level every year since...
Jun 20 2012 // Only about one-third of the more than $79 million available from a federal foreclosure prevention program in Rhode Island has been spent to help struggling homeowners, officials said this week.R.I. has the highest...
Jun 20 2012 // Pawtucket, R.I.-based Narragansett Bay Insurance Company has named Todd Hart as the new chief executive officer after a national search. Narragansett Bay founder Nick Steffey, who has stepped down from the CEO role, will...
Jun 14 2012 // The R.I. Department of Labor and Training has proposed this week an assessment rate for workers’ compensation insurers of 6.75 percent for the coming year, effective July 15, 2012. This rate has remained level every...
Jun 13 2012 // USI Insurance Services completed the acquisition of Lynch, Beretta and Bucci Insurance, a Pawtucket, R.I.-based P/C insurance agency that specializes in a wide range of personal lines, commercial lines and specialty...
Jun 4 2012 // Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee on May 22 signed into law legislation designed to provide additional protection to homeowners when their properties suffer damages from hurricanes.The legislation (House bill 2012-H7484A...
May 31 2012 // Johnston, R.I.-headquartered FM Global, one of the world’s largest business property insurers, announced a number of changes to its management team, effective June 1.Chris Johnson, senior vice president of marketing...
May 24 2012 // Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee on Tuesday signed into law legislation designed to provide additional protection to homeowners when they suffer damages from hurricanes.The legislation (House bill 2012-H7484A and Senate...
May 24 2012 // An insurance company has paid the city of Woonsocket, R.I., $200,000, which covers about half the money the city says it lost to embezzlement.City Finance Director Thomas Bruce III tells the Woonsocket Call the city filed...
May 16 2012 // Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn may use an executive order to establish a health insurance exchange, a website where consumers could comparison shop for insurance that’s a key piece of President Barack Obama’s health...
May 14 2012 // Rhode Island’s Supreme Court has ruled that designated drivers are not responsible for what their drunken passengers do after giving them rides. Last Thursday’s ruling involved a 2005 crash in Scituate that...
May 9 2012 // Narragansett Bay Insurance Company, a Pawtucket, R.I.-based homeowners insurer, appointed Miles Hunter as vice president of corporate development. Miles Hunter In his new role, Hunter will provide decision support and...
May 4 2012 // A financial literacy program for high school students in Rhode Island is getting a boost. Rhode Island State Treasurer Gina Raimondo said this week that the web-based program, called EverFI, is set to expand to 44 schools...