AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoFed Shake-Up: Jerome Powell’s Fed chair term ended May 15, and a widely shared six-word remark about how the FOMC treats equity valuations is already rattling Wall Street expectations. RI Education & Workforce: Salve Regina is launching a bachelor’s in tourism, hospitality, and event management, while NAEP is expanding state-level science, civics, and reading/math results starting later this decade. Health & Community: BankNewport Charitable Foundation handed out $470,000+ in spring grants to nearly 50 RI nonprofits; HopeHealth and URI nursing are teaming up to expand hospice and palliative training. Local Tech & Infrastructure: Westerly kicked off a $20M lead service line replacement push using an outcomes-based model. AI in the Wild: URI researchers are using AI to count river herring during migration, aiming to speed conservation data collection. Business & Policy: Rhode Island lawmakers are moving to overhaul a 2009 broadband law to better track provider performance and outages.
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