By recycling, Cox says it has kept 300 tons of trash out of state landill  |   April 21, 2009
Cox Communications has an aggressive recycling program

RI to issue passive equity RFP  |   January 20, 2009
The $6 billion Employees Retirement System of Rhode Island will issue an RFP this week for passive managers to potentially handle up to $3.2 billion.

Rhode Island eyes terminating active equity managers  |   January 8, 2009
The $6 billion Employees Retirement System of Rhode Island may terminate its active equity managers and place the assets in a broad market index fund.

In the eye of the storm  |   December 1, 2008
An interview with General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio, the Office of the Treasury, and their successes.

RI student loan authority honors West Warwick residents  |   July 7, 2008
General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio helped award 25 high school students with college scholarship money in 2008.

College grant program changes  |   January 28, 2008
General Treasurer Caprio announces the CollegeBound fund Matching Grant Program increases its eligibility guidelines.

Caprio staff takes a pay holiday  |   January 24, 2008
Twenty Treasury Department managers under General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio agreed to take a pay cut to save the department and state money.

RI Treasurer to furlough staff for one week  |   January 16, 2008
General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio announced that non-union employees in the Treasury will forfeit $50,000 of salary on behalf of the state budget.

Students get lessons in savings from two professional athletes, Treasurer  |   January 12, 2008
General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio, along with two New England Patriots football players, taught students the importance of personal savings.

Treasury official, bank VP to take message to Chariho kids  |   October 17, 2007
Local leaders pay a visit to area students.

State pensions: Who is the liability?  |   October 15, 2007
Tom Sgouros wonders which state employees' jobs will be cut by the Governor in his attempts to save money for Rhode Island.

Governor plans to cut 1000 state jobs, $100 million  |   October 12, 2007
Governor Carcieri announced his intentions to cut spending and state employees.

Caprio appoints Newport County resident to state board  |   October 11, 2007
Praise from Newport County on the inclusive nature of General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio's appointment of a local resident.

State officials establish tax audit program  |   July 25, 2007
General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio established a tax auditor training program.

Cheers and jeers  |   July 20, 2007
Several "cheers" and "jeers" in this letter that both praises and criticizes bills on the floor of the Rhode Island General Assembly in 2007.

Reality of social investing  |   July 19, 2007
An argument that social investing tends to have little effect on the outcome of social issues, such as the divestment of funds to the Sudanese government in attempt to dissuade and hamper genocide.

Surverying the state's future  |   July 12, 2007
Rhode Island's smallness tends to hamper much needed outside-the-box thinking.

Smoke and mirrors  |   July 12, 2007
A former councilman weighs in on Cranston Mayor Napolitano and the 2007 agreement with the Cranston firefighters' union.

Cranston doesn't have enough pension money  |   July 12, 2007
Cranston's budgetary woes suffer further with shortage of pension money for its employees.

Council OKs fire contract  |   July 12, 2007
Fire union contracts were ratified in a special meeting in the summer of 2007.