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Bristol Backs Off Plastic Bag Ban

Local Beer and Wine Takes on Rhode Island Alcohol Lobby

Republicans Push to Deregulate Targets DEM and CRMC

Farmers Market Beer and Wine Bill Makes Return

PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council, a nonprofit business advocacy group, is unapologetic about its stance that the state Department of Environmental Management hampers business interests

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Business Plan Calls for Environmental Management to be, Well, ‘Pro-Business’

Barrington Passes Bag Ban … Sort Of

Middletown Latest to Say No to Wind

WESTPORT, Conn. — The first community in New England to ban plastic bags has no regrets about its decision. The suburban enclave in the middle of the state’s affluent “Gold Coast” region outlawed plastic bags in 2008. Four years later, residents, business owners and school officials say emphatically they wouldn’t bring back the plastic.

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Litter Tax on Businesses Misused and Misplaced

Progress at the Statehouse?

No Wine at Farmers Markets, No Tanning, No Big Pets

PROVIDENCE — A controversial bill to loosen regulations faced by home builders continues to bounce around the General Assembly.

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Barriers Fall for Matunuck Beach Armoring

Coastal Council Denies Petition for Man-Made Matunuck

Lobbyists Invade Producer Responsibility Hearing

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No Regrets About Westport Plastic Bag Ban

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Land-Use Bill Targets Rural R.I.

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