Christopher Allen

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PROVIDENCE – Following several years of modest growth, Rhode Island cities and towns are rapidly shifting more of their tax burdens to property taxpayers, hamstringing economic growth and widening the disparity between taxpayer classes, according to a new analysis released Monday by the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council. In fiscal year 2026 the statewide municipal […]

Chris Allen breaks down the biggest OC and scheme changes that will impact fantasy football in 2026 and beyond.

PROVIDENCE – With the first week of 2026 FIFA World Cup play almost in the history books, local hospitality officials and business owners say the projected windfall of visitor spending started out more middling than booming. For months, expectations have been that more than 400,000 visitors will travel through the Providence metro area during the […]

GETTING THEIR FEET WET: Students at Fallon Elementary School in Pawtucket complete an activity that involves learning how submarines work, as part

(Editor’s note: This is the 46th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the economy and, in many cases, our way of life. See previous installments here.) Myrth Ceramics, founded in 2015 by Abigail and Eric Smallwood, began as a creative outlet for the couple […]

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s fiscal year 2027 state budget will allocate funding to enhance the training of staff in after-school programs, summer camps and other out-of-school initiatives. Sponsored by Sen. Alana M. DiMario, D-Narragansett, the legislation provides $100,000 for training programs. “The funding from this bill will go a long way toward maximizing the effectiveness of […]

NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL POLO WILL COMMEMORATE THE 150TH DIAMOND JUBILEE of the founding of the first polo club in America in 1876.

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s recently enacted fiscal year 2027 state budget brings significant changes to the state’s determination of need laws, which supporters say is aimed at improving access to healthcare services. The budget includes amendments to Rhode Island General Laws “Determination of Need for New Healthcare Equipment and New Institutional Health Services” statute that […]

WARWICK – U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., said the steady churn of job market disruption stemming from the use of Artificial Intelligence, combined with international conflict and the rising cost of living, have once again shown that despite the common refrain, all politics can never be completely local. With indications the Federal Reserve may even […]