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04/26/2012 - 12:35pm
Providence Eyewitness News
Two rallies are being held today in Providence by members of the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 618 to denounce RIPTA service cuts and poor working conditions.
04/25/2012 - 11:23pm
Valley Breeze
The North Smithfield Budget Committee continues to make spending recommendations for the upcoming year even though it has missed its deadline of April 9.
04/25/2012 - 8:52pm
WLNE-TV (ABC6)
Pension Reform is front and center in Rhode Island again. Last year it was for the state workers, but now city and town workers are the focus.
04/25/2012 - 1:01pm
Patch.com
A group of officials from several communities gathered at the Johnston Senior Center on Wednesday for a press conference hosted by Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena, offering public appeals to the state General Assembly to pass Gov. Lincoln Chafee's package of municipal relief bills.
04/24/2012 - 2:25pm
The Providence Journal
Several academic departments at the University of Rhode Island have passed resolutions urging the Board of Governors for Higher Education to ratify a new three-year contract approved by the faculty union.
04/23/2012 - 3:47am
Boston.com
Saying Providence can become the "next great American comeback story," Mayor Angel Taveras on Monday unveiled a proposed budget for the financially struggling capital that relies on a freeze of automatic pension increases and a sizeable hike in voluntary contributions from the city's tax-exempt institutions.
04/20/2012 - 9:04am
WPRO
Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah Gist issued an order Wednesday assuming control of the “day-to-day” financial operations of the Central Fall School District.
04/20/2012 - 8:51am
WRNI
A subcommittee of the Providence City Council called Thursday for the immediate suspension of cost of living adjustments on all city pensions. This could set the stage for a legal conflict between the city and its public-employee unions.
04/20/2012 - 12:17am
The Providence Journal
Rhode Island's unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 11.1 percent for March, from 11.0 percent in February, according to figures released Friday by the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training. The state lost 600 jobs between February and March.
04/18/2012 - 10:46pm
Woonsocket Call
The City Council took a tentative first step this week toward trading in a hodgepodge of health care products the city offers various workers for a unified plan that will cover all classes of employees, including teachers, police, firefighters and municipal workers.
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