The District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Rhode Island are all to receive a portion of the $3.4 billion remaining in the “Race to the Top” fund for education in those states. Read more: ‘Race to the Top’ winners announced The Portland, Oregon …
Also tagged columbia, florida, georgia, north, north-carolina, rhode, winners-announcedBOSTON (Reuters) – A state-appointed receiver named to turn around the finances of the near-bankrupt Rhode Island city of Central Falls marked his first day on the job on Monday by firing its mayor.
Also tagged around-the-finances, central, domesticnews, finances, firing-its, first, first-day, monday, near, rhode, the-finances, the-job, the-near-bankrupt, turn-aroundBOSTON (Reuters) – The cash-strapped U.S. state of Rhode Island is hoping to turn residents’ patriotic fervor into a boost in tax revenue this July 4th, after passing a law that legalizes small fireworks for individual use.
Also tagged after-passing, fireworks-for, individual-use-, july, legalizes-small, tax-revenue, turn-residentsAP – At St. Joseph Church, the Easter Sunday flock will be a little bigger than usual this year. Maybe a little damp, too.
Also tagged a-federal-major, a-little-damp, church, disaster-area-, emergency, island, president, sharon-carroll, their-daughtersAP – Flooding on a scale rarely seen in New England forced hundreds of people from their homes Wednesday, overwhelmed sewage systems to the point that families were asked to stop flushing toilets, and washed out bridges and highways from Maine to Connecticut.
Also tagged a-scale-rarely, closures-after, connecticut-, england, homes, island, people-from, record-breaking, sewage-systems, stop-flushing, their-homesAP – A record-shattering rainstorm hammered the Northeast on Tuesday, delivering widespread flooding for the second time this month and unleashing particular havoc in Rhode Island, a tiny coastal state already beleaguered by a sagging economy and backbreaking unemployment rate.
Also tagged a-tiny-coastal, across-flooded, area, flooding-for, month-and, sagging-economy, swollen-rivers, the-second, tiny-coastal, tuesdayPROVIDENCE, R.I. – (AP) A financially troubled slot parlor seeking bankruptcy protection will pay $5 million as it attempts to end the last greyhound races in Rhode Island because the sport is costing the track money, attorneys said Friday. UTGR Inc., the owner of the Twin Rive Visit link: RI slot …
Also tagged attorneys-said, costing-the, end-the, financially-troubled, friday, last-greyhound, owner, parlor-seeking, slot-, sport, track-money, twin, utgr, visitWASHINGTON – (AP) A Rhode Island woman urged senators Tuesday to ease bankruptcy rules for people devastated by medical debt, as she described the pain of losing a child and going broke from his health care bills. The frightful experience of Kerry Burns, of Coventry, R.I., raised a Here is the …
Also tagged a-child-and, coventry, described-the-pain, ease-bankruptcy, from-his, going-broke, health, health-care-, kerry, pain, rhode, rules-for, the-, tuesdayAP – A Rhode Island woman urged senators Tuesday to ease bankruptcy rules for people devastated by medical debt, as she described the pain of losing a child and going broke from his health care bills. Excerpt from: Woman who lost son fights for bankruptcy changes …
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