The Rhode Island House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill Thursday that would allow Twin River Casino in Lincoln to build a hotel on its premises, a move that officials and lawmakers say is necessary as an impending “casino arms race” heats up in the Northeast.

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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Thursday that a proposal to build an NFL stadium downtown is not dead.

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SeaWorld said Thursday that Joel Manby will become its new president and CEO on April 7.

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A Madison judge has declined to block Wisconsin’s new right-to-work law.

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A much-hailed law that restricted the opening of new stand-alone fast-food restaurants in one of the poorest sections of Los Angeles did not curb obesity or improve diets, a new study found.

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Lawmakers are considering whether to give thousands of restaurant employees, hotel housekeepers and other tipped workers in Rhode Island a raise.

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A former Facebook employee is suing the company on allegations that she was discriminated against, harassed and belittled during her brief employment there.

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The executive chairman at Google is urging Congress to increase the number of high-skilled work visas made available to foreigners and to deal with other immigration issues later on.

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A judge dismissed a lawsuit by Herbalife shareholders who claimed that the business structure and marketing practices of the weight loss and nutritional supplements company violated the law and that they lost money because it amounts to a pyramid scheme.

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In a public move presaging his run for the White House, Jeb Bush resigned from corporate positions at the end of last year.

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