Rhode Island

Rhode Island will receive more than $3.3 million in federal funds to help replace the Pawtucket River Bridge on Interstate 95 in Pawtucket.

Casino operators, Native American and commercial alike, are scrapping for market share. Competition is keener, discretionary dollars are fewer in a still-down economy and several states are scrambling to snare or preserve gambling revenue.

The bankruptcy case of video game company 38 Studios will move to Rhode Island, after that state's Economic Development Commission and trustee Bank of New York Mellon got Delaware court approval to seize its assets.

A recent analysis of tax data shows that Rhode Island job growth exceeded original estimates for the first quarter of 2012, according to the state's Department of Labor and Training.

The Providence, R.I., City Council on Thursday backed Mayor Angel Taveras' proposed bond referendum on $40 million worth of citywide street and sidewalk paving.

Rhode Island State Sen. James Sheehan, D-Narragansett, called for major changes in the governance structure and responsibilities of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corp.

Rhode Island's Investment Commission on Wednesday chose BNY Mellon as its custodian bank for the state's assets of roughly $8 billion, General Treasurer Gina Raimondo announced.

Gov. Lincoln Chafee sees Peter Marino's hiring as a crucial piece to the Ocean State puzzle.

The former fiscal advisor to the Rhode Island Senate will oversee an office whose creation Gov. Lincoln Chafee sought in his budget proposal.

Gov. Lincoln Chafee's executive order to form a task force on shared services among Central Falls, Pawtucket and East Providence is a credit positive for those stressed Rhode Island cities, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Executives from video-game company 38 Studios LLC admitted in bankruptcy court that their breakthrough game fell short of expectations.

Central Falls could exit bankruptcy by early September under a schedule to which unions, retirees and a bankruptcy judge agreed.

Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook for West Warwick, R.I.'s general obligation bonds to negative from stable, while affirming its rating of $13 million of debt at BBB-plus.

The bankrupt, 18,000-population Rhode Island city receives long-awaited positive news from Wall Street

Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee signed an executive order creating a task force to help facilitate shared services among Pawtucket, Central Falls and East Providence.

The Rhode Island Economic Development Corp. has hired outside counsel to explore a clawback of money the state stands to lose amid the demise of video game company 38 Studios.

Attorneys representing various public-sector employees argue in Rhode Island Superior Court that the reversal of signed contracts was illegally unilateral.

Gov. Lincoln Chafee signed Rhode Island's $8.1 billion budget, but warned that storm clouds still hover over the state's cities and towns.

Fearing the loss of casino revenue to a neighboring state, Rhode Island's General Assembly passed an end-of-session bill that gives the state 18% of the take from table games at its Twin River and Newport Grand facilities, should voters approve an enabling referendum this fall.

Woonsocket school officials are asking Rhode Islandto take over the district immediately.