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Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Brookline Bank to merge
Financial Regulation News - Washington D.C.
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August 27, 2025
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, the parent company of Berkshire Bank, and Brookline Bancorp, the parent company of Brookline Bank, Bank Rhode Island, and PCSB Bank, recently received regulatory approval to complete their proposed merger and become Beacon...
Rhode Island state prosecutor Devon Flanagan gets six-month suspension for Newport incident
The Public's Radio - Rhode Island
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August 25, 2025
The Rhode Island state prosecutor whose arrest after declining to leave a Newport restaurant went viral on the internet is getting an unpaid six-month suspension. “On August 14, Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan mistreated the...
A Rhode Island company made a commitment to women’s golf. Now, FM’s impact is raising the bar across the LPGA Tour.
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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“I guess the word I would use is ‘underwhelmed,’ ” Ingram said. “I was underwhelmed by the size of those purses, and I was disappointed with that.” He saw the numbers, then he saw the potential. “I viewed it as an opportunity for us to kind of...
Rhode Island’s newest treasure: A trail of giant trolls
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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“Young Boulder,” sitting on a boulder overlooking Browning Mill Pond in the state’s Arcadia Management Area, on the Exeter/Hopkinton line. “Iver Mudslider,” riding a mud worm (actually a berm) in Ryan Park in North Kingstown. “Mrs. Skipper,”...
East Providence company shares how Trump's tariffs have harmed business
East Bay RI - Rhode Island
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By Ethan Hartley International trade tariffs can seem like a distant issue far removed from the day-to-day operations of local companies. But a visit from Senator Sheldon Whitehouse to one of East Providence’s largest manufacturing companies last...
In Northern Pakistan, Equipping First Responders After Deadly Flooding
Direct Relief
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August 29, 2025
By Staff Over the past week, Direct Relief shipped 446 consignments of requested medical aid to 41 U.S. states and territories and 15 countries worldwide — from Nigeria to North Carolina to the West Bank. These shipments contained 5.5 million...
Offshore wind industry falters after Trump cancels nearly built Rhode Island project
Straight Arrow News
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August 25, 2025
The offshore wind industry is reeling after the Trump administration blocked a nearly complete Rhode Island wind farm. Danish energy giant Ørsted saw its stock tumble to an all-time low of $9.31 per share on Monday, after regulators halted...
32 Attorneys General Tell Congress to Pass SAFER Banking for Cannabis
Cannabis Business Times
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August 27, 2025
The top law officers from both blue and red states are calling on congressional leaders in the U.S. House and Senate to take up legislation to provide a safe harbor to financial institutions wishing to service the cannabis industry. The bipartisan...
Trump’s Economic Policy Is More Radical Than You Think
Foreign Policy
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From the outset, one inescapable reality of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term has been its frenetic busyness. For those who support it, the sheer pace of Trump’s agenda has been a hallmark of its success. For others, though, Trump’s...
Pause on Revolution Wind project draws mixed reaction in Rhode Island
WLNE - Rhode Island
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August 25, 2025
Rhode Island Building and Construction Trades Council President Michael Sabitoni speaks at a press conference organized to protest the Trump administration's pause on the Revolution Wind project on Monday, August 25, 2025 (WLNE).NORTH KINGSTOWN,...
Connecticut, Rhode Island Governors Will Fight Trump-Ordered Halt to Nearly Done Wind Project
Engineering News Record
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August 25, 2025
Governors of Rhode Island and Connecticut said they would fight a Trump administration order to halt construction on the 704-MW Revolution Wind energy project 15 miles off their coasts that is about 80% complete and could operate next year. The...
Orsted Shares Sink to Record Lows as Trump Admin Halts Wind Farm Off Rhode Island
gCaptain
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August 25, 2025
COPENHAGEN, Aug 25 (Reuters) – Shares in Orsted plunged 17% on Monday after the U.S. halted the Danish company’s Revolution Wind project off Rhode Island amid President Donald Trump’s pushback on renewable energy investments. Orsted, the world’s...
Trump's Halt of Rhode Island Wind Project Stuns Local Leaders
Offshore Engineer News
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August 25, 2025
The Trump administration's order to halt work on a nearly completed wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island threatens grid reliability and jobs and defies explanation, business and government leaders from New England said on Monday. State leaders...
Democrats Push Trump Administration to Restart Rhode Island Offshore Wind Project
[your]NEWS
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August 25, 2025
By Emmanuel Ogbonna A nearly completed offshore wind farm off the coasts of Rhode Island and Connecticut is at the center of a growing political fight after the Trump administration abruptly halted construction, citing unspecified national...
Democrats ask Trump to resume offshore wind project near Rhode Island
The Detroit News - Michigan
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A nearly complete wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut faces an uncertain future as the states' Democratic governors, members of Congress and union workers are calling Monday for the Trump administration to let construction...
Danish energy giant Orsted plunges as Trump pulls plug on Rhode Island wind farm project
This Is Money
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August 25, 2025
By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 17:06 EDT, 25 August 2025 Shares in Danish energy giant Orsted plunged to a record low after the US halted a major project off Rhode Island. In the latest snub to renewable energy, Donald Trump...
Democrats demand Trump resume major offshore wind project near Rhode Island
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania
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August 25, 2025
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — A nearly complete wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut faces an uncertain future after the Trump administration abruptly halted construction, and the states’ Democratic governors, lawmakers and union...
Union rights removed for hundreds at Western Pa. safety research center
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania
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August 27, 2025
Hundreds of workers at the Bruceton Research Center in the South Hillswere stripped of their union contracts this week. The center, located on the border of Pleasant Hills and South Park, employs about 200 workers with the National Institute for...
Orsted Shares Drop as US Halts Offshore Rhode Island Wind Farm
World Energy News - Connecticut
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Shares in Orsted plunged 17% on Monday after the U.S. halted the Danish company's Revolution Wind project off Rhode Island amid President Donald Trump's pushback on renewable energy investments. Orsted, the world's biggest offshore wind farm...
New troll sculpture 'Iver Mudslider' debuts in Rhode Island with local sea glass accents
WLNE - Rhode Island
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August 25, 2025
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WLNE) — Meet Iver Mudslider, the newest of more than 100 trolls created by artist Thomas Dambo from recycled materials. “This is the fifth sculpture of probably six or seven that I’m making in this project called ‘the...