PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Three-quarters of Rhode Islanders have a personal friend or family member who recently lost a job, according to a new Brown University poll.
And only a third of those polled said they believe the $787 billion federal stimulus package is doing much to help the economy.
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Question for the unemployed: How is the state's new online certification system working?
At 12:01, Sunday morning, the state Department of Labor and Training launched an online tool that will let thousands of out-of-work Rhode Islanders avoid jammed phone lines when certifying that they remain available to work and are [...]
CRANSTON, R.I. -- Rhode Islanders who are collecting unemployment benefits now have a new way to certify that they remain available to work and are actively seeking work -- a key requirement to help ensure that they continue to receive weekly benefits.
Normally, people certify by calling the agency's Teleserve automated [...]
The new director of Rhode Island's Economic Development Corporation is visiting Rhode Island this week.
Ioanna T. Morfessis, founder of an Arizona consulting firm, is charged with changing Rhode Island's economic climate at a time when Rhode Islanders are reeling from the recession. The Ocean State has one of the [...]
The Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training's unemployment call center, swamped with calls from out-of-work Rhode Islanders, will be closed to incoming calls on Friday -- and on certain other dates this month -- to try to cut down on its backlog.
Closing the center to the calls will allow [...]
Rhode Islanders, it's time to remember your little-used snow-driving skills -- drive slow and cautiously.
The' [...]
NORTH KINGSTOWN -- A year ago, Patrick Gannon inspired Rhode Islanders with his plan to feed the hungry.
What if families ate cereal instead of a big meal for dinner? he asked. They could save a lot of money -- and donate it to the local food pantry.
The plan worked. [...]
The U.S. Census Bureau is looking to hire as many as 3,000 Rhode Islanders to help with the 2010 census.
"We want to make sure everybody is counted," said Carol A. Hastings, manager of the Census Bureau's Providence office. "This count is used for many, many things." Besides determining how' [...]
By Peter B. Lord
Journal Staff Writer
Many scientists worry that Royal Bengal tigers could become extinct in the wild in 20 years because their numbers have become so depleted by human development. But an expert told several hundred people at the University of Rhode Island Tuesday night there is [...]
Given the option between a tax cut and more education funding (yes, there often is a tradeoff), this story from the ProJo should give some guidance.
There are 74,700 Rhode Islanders out of work, but leaders of one emerging industry — bioscience — say they can’t find enough qualified [...]
Courtesy Save the Bay
Save the Bay plans to begin displaying this billboard beginning Monday.
Save the Bay is posed to begin a high-profile campaign to rally Rhode Islanders against a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal proposed for Mount Hope Bay.
The $12,000 effort will feature advertisements on [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Carcieri is asking Rhode Islanders to help dress the state's Heroes' Tree, which will be on display at the State House's State Room and is to be decorated with ornaments commemorating military service.
The tree is to be lit Friday, Dec. 4. But there's still time to' [...]
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Do you still have stray Newport Pell Bridge tokens rattling around in your car? If so, the obsolete circular tokens can still be of use.
The Jonnycake Center of Peace Dale is asking Rhode Islanders to donate their remaining tokens, dropping them in marked receptacles [...]
The backlash over the Kennedy feud might be less severe if the Diocese took a harder line on broader issues of social justice. Hundreds of homeless Rhode Islanders are suffering — with a good chance that some will die of exposure in coming months, or of [...]
Gerry Moniz didn't hesitate when asked what she thinks of the nationally publicized dispute between Providence Bishop Thomas J. Tobin and Patrick Kennedy over whether the congressman should refrain from taking Communion given his support for abortion rights.
"I think Patrick Kennedy is wrong," Moniz, 56, said when asked to' [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Financially struggling Rhode Islanders could get help soon from a $1.6 million grant from United Way of Rhode Island.
The money will help low- and moderate-income residents increase savings, earn more and build assets.
The money will go to nine agencies over the next three years, beginning in [...]
Almost all of the major gubernatorial candidates agree with the vast marjority of Rhode Islanders, and oppose Carcieri's insane veto of the burial rights legislation. But somebody oughta let Rory Smith know which way the wind is blowing:
Republican Smith did not respond to repeated inquiries about his stand [...]
