3+ hour, 53+ min ago   (908+ words) The Middletown Planning Board granted variances allowing 60.6% lot coverage and legalized five hotel rooms the applicant said operated without zoning approval for years. Every vote was split. A Wave Avenue hotel can build a pool and deck with more than…...

14+ hour, 1+ min ago   (1194+ words) Federal data shows the labor share of business output reached a record-low 52.8% in the second quarter. While Rhode Island wage growth matched productivity gains, weekly pay trails national levels as housing costs bite. Rhode Island workers average $167 less per week…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (740+ words) The Harbor Management Commission asked Jamestown to set aside five free, year-round trailer spaces at Fort Getty Park for aquaculture tenants. The council sent it back to staff instead, citing fairness, lost fee revenue and an undefined "ground maintenance" use....

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1212+ words) Rhode Island is expanding AI training while confronting unresolved questions about data-center power costs, tax incentives and permanent jobs. Smithfield’s proposed corporate complex offers the clearest local test. The state’s AI strategy could affect electric bills, tax revenue, workforce spending…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (517+ words) Middletown's Planning Board approved a hotel pool and deck on Wave Avenue, including permits for five rooms an attorney said were never authorized, and delayed its inclusionary zoning recommendation to October. A Wave Avenue hotel gains a pool, deck, 12 parking…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1234+ words) Barrington will host a public workshop on September 28 to explore how local zoning rules affect housing production and affordability. The town currently stands well below the state's 10% affordable housing benchmark at 3.70%. With Barrington's median home price at $755,000 and affordable housing…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (661+ words) Jamestown's council funded a $275,000 renovation of the Fort Getty lower bathroom, approved $192,695 for court repairs and tabled a $40,000 netting project. Fort Getty's lower bathroom is slated for a full interior rebuild; the Lawn Avenue tennis and basketball courts get a…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (891+ words) Five stars tell a shopper almost nothing about who wrote the reviews, who paid for them or whether the product was ever tested. Here is a five-minute credibility audit built on the FTC's rule and enforcement record, plus the Rhode…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (445+ words) The Break Up Ticketmaster Coalition is asking a federal judge to reject the DOJ's proposed Live Nation settlement, a deal Rhode Island's attorney general walked away from before winning a jury verdict. A close read of the judgment shows its…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (475+ words) A Groundwork Collaborative report out today argues that streaming fragmentation and higher food prices are making sports fandom unaffordable. For Rhode Island fans, the answer depends on which team you follow and whether you still pay a cable bill. Rhode…...