RHODE ISLAND AT A GLANCE.(SERIES: ORANGE INSIDER)(Sports)

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  December 8, 2007 ;     423 words ......Staff writer Mike Waters The University of Rhode Island was initially known as the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts...on the campus. The origin of the ram as Rhode Island's mascot dates back to the university's...

Rhode Island's trick knee With struggling home-field economy, state throws...

The Boston Globe;  September 28, 1997 ;     700+ words ......fed up with Massachusetts and founded Rhode Island, the Ocean State has depended on refugees...business world. Over the past few years, Rhode Island has attracted Boston-based Fidelity...makes sense when you consider one thing: Rhode Island has had an awful lot of trouble growing...

CEO Urges Rhode Island to Be Friendlier to Business.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  December 19, 2002 ;     700+ words ......19--PROVIDENCE, R.I.--Dan Lowe loves Rhode Island, but he doesn't always like doing business in Rhode Island. For a 38-year-old guy who has a thing...ocean, it doesn't get much better than Rhode Island. But for a 38-year-old chief executive...

Mergers, Technology, Politics Affect Employment in Rhode Island.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  May 29, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Ridder/Tribune Business News May 29--Rhode Island's biggest employer is CVS. But that...defense companies gobbled up little ones. Rhode Island's politicians pushed hard to keep jobs...contractors together employ 3,200 people in Rhode Island (about 1,600 each) -- making them tied...

Rhode Island High-Tech Firms Still in Minor Leagues.(Originated from The...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  March 31, 1997 ;     700+ words ......Route 495 beltway, is outperforming Rhode Island's once again. It has bounced back quicker...pushing its unemployment rate well below Rhode Island's. Massachusetts is doing well because...high-tech industries are still developing in Rhode Island. The relatively few software ...

RHODE ISLAND STATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM EXPANDS COOPERATION WITH BAHAMAS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 13, 2007 ;     531 words ......15-member delegation from the State of Rhode Island under the auspices of the Rhode Island National Guard-Bahamas State Partnership...delegation included other officials from the Rhode Island (RI) National Guard, the University of...

Rhode Island Gets Bigger Return from Uncle Sam, Reports Study.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 12, 1999 ;     700+ words ......News Aug. 13 -- PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island, which a decade ago was paying the federal...to a new study. For each tax dollar Rhode Island paid in 1998, it got back $1.15 in federal...the 21st best in the nation. In 1988 Rhode Island got back 96 cents for every dollar it...

Rhode Island gets failing marks for college affordability.

Providence Journal (Providence, RI);  September 16, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Jennifer D. Jordan Sep. 16--Rhode Island has earned an F in college affordability...Policy and Higher Education has flunked Rhode Island, following similar Measuring Up report...it has been modest, said Jack Warner, Rhode Island's commissioner of higher education...

The Littlest State's Big-Time Film Role; As a Movie & TV Setting, Rhode...

The Washington Post;  July 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Hollywood has discovered Rhode Island. And eager Rhode Islanders, to...season was filmed entirely in Rhode Island -- is one of six screen projects...office. "You can see all through Rhode Island, and especially Providence, the...

RHODE ISLAND UNIFORMS IN THE CIVIL WAR

Military Images;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......a full assortment of grayback" Tiny Rhode Island Contributed Troops To The Union Attired...equipage. Soldiers from the state of Rhode Island left one of the richest records of how...respond to Lincoln's call. In total, Rhode Island contributed eight regiments of infantry...

RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE VICE-PRESIDENT MARGUERITE BROWN NAMED FUNDRAISER OF...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 9, 2006 ;     500 words ...Rhode Island College issued the following press release...development and college relations at Rhode Island College and executive director of the...Fundraising Professional of the Year by the Rhode Island Chapter of the Association for Fundraising...

RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MISSION FORGES NEW LINKS WITH BAHAMAS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 24, 2007 ;     700+ words ......business development delegation from Rhode Island visited Nassau May 13-15 under the auspices of the Rhode Island National Guard State Partnership Program...States Embassy teamed up with the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation...

Report: African-Americans in Rhode Island Barred from Voting at Higher...

U.S. Newswire;  February 10, 2005 ;     390 words ......Newswire/ -- A report finds that today Rhode Island's African-American disfranchisement...Georgia, Texas, and 33 other states. -- Rhode Island has the nation's 13th highest rate of African- American disfranchisement -- Rhode Island bars a larger percentage of African...

BankBoston, Fleet Merger Likely to Bring New Bank to Rhode Island.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  May 2, 1999 ;     700+ words ......News May 2 -- By this time next year, Rhode Island will almost certainly have a new bank...are good its headquarters won't be in Rhode Island -- and maybe not even in New England...customer deposits in some 270 branches in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut. But...

RHODE ISLAND: NO. 1 -- IN UNEMPLOYMENT, THAT IS

The Boston Globe;  May 22, 1990 ;     700+ words ......tell you these are unusual times in Rhode Island. In the past few months a half-dozen...wouldn't surprise Katz to hear that Rhode Island has an unemployement problem. But what...border in Massachusetts, where many Rhode Island residents find work. Last week the US...