A 29-year-old artist from Oregon has been traveling around the U.S. collecting stories from people who have been hurting amid the recession.

Slowing unemployment, fewer jobless claims and more home sales indicate that the state’s recession is slowing.

Drivers in Rhode Island are seeing recession billboards asking them to lighten up about the economy’s tailspin.

The amusement park company Six Flags says it needs to reorganize and shed $1.8 billion of debt.

A national magazine publishes a report on Rhode Island’s economic problems.

A new project may take some of the sting out of the recession in Fall River.

Two major retailers have announced that they are making cuts.

A bank in Cranston is actually hiring employees.

NBC 10’s Mario Hilario has the story from Fall River.

Gov. Don Carcieri announces nearly $20 million in funding to stabilize the Rhode Island housing market.

Housing advocates are threatening to begin blockading foreclosed homes if banks try to evict rent-paying tenants who live there.

A national mortgage banker’s association says 1 in 14 Rhode Island homeowners was at least three months behind on their mortgage payments.

Prices have dropped another 10 cents this week.

The food stamp program is under fire.

Electronics retailer Tweeter has abruptly closed 70 stores nationwide and fired more than 600 employees.