PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Many online shoppers in the United States have for years had to pay state sales taxes whenever they buy goods from Amazon. But the Seattle ecommerce giant has dragged its feet on collecting sales taxes in small and sparsely populated states where it doesn’t have any distribution centers or corporate offices. [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The group that owns The Breakers mansion in Newport is declaring victory in its long-running battle to build a visitors center on the grounds of the national historic landmark, following a decision by the Rhode Island Supreme Court. Visitors center opponents said they’re disappointed they have lost in the court, but said [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Tax credits. Lower cost of living. Restaurants and beaches. And don’t forget Roger Williams and his experiment in protecting everyone’s liberty of conscience. One of Colonial America’s most important freethinkers has a new role as a marketing tool for the place he settled 380 years ago. Rhode Island started out as [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A New York City developer who said he wants to transform the skyline of Rhode Island’s capital city is meeting skepticism from some Providence leaders, including one who has jokingly coined the project the “three towers of evil.” The Fane Organization President Jason Fane said his proposed trio of luxury residential skyscrapers [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — It’s not easy to find military veterans in undergraduate programs at most Ivy League schools. Harvard has only three in its undergrad liberal arts and sciences school. Princeton, just one. Students from the eight Ivies hope to change those kinds of numbers. They see a chance for institutions to diversify and [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Crafting the latest trends in global footwear used to be the pride of U.S. shoe industry workers, but most of those jobs left long ago for Asia. Now, the American sneaker factory could be coming back — with robots doing most of the work. Reebok said this week it plans to open [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Fishermen in New England say President Barack Obama needlessly dealt a big blow to their industry when he created the Atlantic Ocean’s first marine national monument and circumvented the existing process for protecting fisheries. The new Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument consists of nearly 5,000 square miles of underwater [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — It’s more than a motorcycle and less than a car. It’s an autocycle. And states are wrestling with how best to regulate this new type of vehicle. Rhode Island has joined dozens of other states in enacting rules classifying the autocycle and allowing drivers to operate one without a motorcycle license or [...]