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Davol Square Marketplace renovated to modernize the space in line with...

Fresh Design 04/30/2021

Davol Square Marketplace | 2-3 Davol Square, Providence Owner: Wexford Science & Technology Tenant: Multiple tenants Architect: Vision 3 Architects Contractor: Shawmut Design and Construction Cost: WND Use: The 115,735-square-foot...

Who Owns the Block?

Real Estate 04/30/2021

Circuit Drive, (Between Roger Williams Way and Burlingham Avenue), North Kingstown PBN RESEARCH AND PHOTOS/CASSIUS SHUMAN | PBN GRAPHIC/ANNE EWING

COURTNEY HAWKINS has been appointed the new chief policy officer for the city of Providence, Mayor Jorge O. Elorza announced recently. / COURTESY MAYOR'S OFFICE

Hawkins, Department of Human Services director, resigns

Government 04/29/2021

PROVIDENCE – Courtney E. Hawkins, director of the R.I. Department of Human Services, submitted a letter of resignation Thursday. “Leading the team of hundreds of...

GREENLEAF COMPASSIONATE CARE CENTER employees voted, 21 to 1, to join United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 328, on April 6. / COURTESY UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION LOCAL 328

As R.I. cannabis industry grows, so does unionization

Food & Agriculture 04/23/2021

As the cannabis industry is poised to expand in Rhode Island, the move to unionize its workers is gaining momentum. The latest example: Workers at...

Block Island aims to protect shoreline property from development

Government 04/22/2021

NEW SHOREHAM – The New Shoreham Town Council and conservancy groups are seeking to purchase about four acres of property near the Great Salt...

BLOCK ISLAND was one of the top 50 most expensive zip codes in New England in 2019. / PBN FILE PHOTO/K. CURTIS

Visa delays jeopardizing seasonal workforce

Coronavirus 04/21/2021

PROVIDENCE – There could be a shortage of foreign workers in Rhode Island this summer if the U.S. State Department does not expedite the...

McKee standing firm on taxing PPP loans

Economic Activity 04/20/2021

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee is standing firm on his commitment to taxing Paycheck Protection Program loans greater than $150,000. McKee made his position...

Lardaro: Economy ‘horrific’ in February, but headed in right direction

Economic Activity 04/16/2021

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island economy was still contracting year over year in February but is headed in the right direction, especially in the...

PRODUCT TEST: Amanda Jamieson, left, assistant professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at Brown University, holds plaque assays of GC Ink, a graphene ink developed by Graphene Composites USA Inc. that is believed to kill viruses when applied to surfaces. Brown researchers, including Delia Demers, center, and Meredith Crane, are testing the product thanks to a grant GC received from the R.I. Commerce Corp.’s Innovation Voucher Program. / COURTESY GREG SERPA

Where is Commerce headed? McKee may give R.I. agency new direction...

Coronavirus 04/16/2021

Amid the upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic last June, Daniel J. McKee appeared frustrated. McKee, then Rhode Island’s lieutenant governor, took the unusual step of...