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HOMEOWNERSHIP RATES have begun increasing over the past few years. / BLOOMBERG

Opinion: Millennials leave the basement to buy homes

Economic Activity November 10, 2017 1:11 pm

A few years ago, I wrote “The economy will one day improve, and the millennials will move out of their parents’ basements. When that happens, expect...

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NEW SETUP: E. Frances Paper owners Jenni Laundon, left, director of sales, and Emily Roberts, director of operations, in what will be the new product assembly area for the greeting card and stationary design and manufacturer. The company currently leases space in Newport but will move in July to a new location, above, it purchased in Middletown. / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Detailed designs lead to rapid success

June 22, 2018 3:30 am

STEADY SELLER: Erika Lamb is the owner and CEO of SecondsFirst, which creates fish cakes for sale to food banks and institutional customers. She sells between 3,000 and 5,000 fish cakes a month. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Protein-rich fish cakes a bargain for food banks

June 22, 2018 3:20 am

MAKING AN IMPRESSION: Cranston Mayor Allan W. Fung has plans to reduce the state’s sales tax from 7 percent to 5 percent, paying for much of the drop in revenue by eliminating many of Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s economic-development incentives.   / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Getting elected is the easy part,  governing the state is not

June 22, 2018 2:50 am

Fiscal issues still dogging Providence

June 22, 2018 2:45 am

Regular work schedules benefit employees, profits

June 22, 2018 2:35 am

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MORE THAN 2,700 current and former workers at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital were affected by the St. Joseph's Health Services of Rhode Island Retirement Plan's funding problems. Above, Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence. / COURTESY OUR LADY OF FATIMA HOSPITAL

General Assembly OKs bill encouraging quick settlement of St. Joseph pension...

June 21, 2018 1:58 pm

ONE OF THREE new 300-barrel fermentation tanks arrive at the Pawtucket-based Isle Brewers Guild Thursday. The brewing cooperative confirmed to PBN Thursday it is undergoing a three-pronged expansion. / COURTESY JEREMY DUFFY

Isle Brewers Guild expands space, production capacity

June 21, 2018 1:31 pm

PROPOSED SITE: The Apex Department Store building in Pawtucket, the proposed location of a new PawSox ballpark, can be seen in the background during a walking tour of the city’s downtown area with Mayor Donald R. Grebien and Commerce Director Jeanne Boyle. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Pawtucket Red Sox ballpark back before House Finance, potential House vote...

June 21, 2018 1:07 pm