Legislative Democrats, as I’ve noted before, could campaign from a position of strength this year, due to how in 2011 they knocked down Governor Chafee’s tax plan and overhauled the state pension system. But state GOP chairman Mark Zaccaria disputes th... »
By Kate BramsonPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Route 195 Redevelopment District Commission has authorized its selection committee to negotiate and enter into a contract for engineering work by the Providence office of Fuss & O'Neill that won't exceed $257,600.... »
By Barbara PolichettiPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The board of directors of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority unanimously voted in Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian as its new chairman Monday. Avedisian replaces Thomas Deller, who recently submitted his res... »
The Chafee administration plans to back the elevation on Monday of Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian as the next chairman of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority, RIPR has learned. Avedisian would succeed Providence’s director of Planning and Developm... »
Thomas Deller, director of the Providence Department of Planning & Development, has resigned as chairman of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority, according to this agenda for RIPTA’s meeting on Monday. Deller couldn’t immediately be reached for co... »
By Business staffSheri L. Smith, professor emerita of philosophy at Rhode Island College, has been named chairperson of the board of trustees of Roger Williams Medical Center. She succeeds Donald C. McQueen, senior vice president, Bank of America Merri... »
State Sen. Frank Ciccone is making his presence felt far from his Providence district. Ciccone, a powerful State House Democrat who works as a field representative for the Rhode Island Laborers’ District Council union, has asked all unionized school em... »
Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian has been appointed as the chairman of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority's board. »
