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What to do with a windfall? $1B in ARPA money may...

After years of grappling with gaping budget deficits, state legislators are facing a problem in the 2022 General Assembly session unlike any they’ve seen...
THE RHODE ISLAND SENIOR AGENDA COALITION has hired Bernard Beaudreau to replace William Flynn as the organization's executive director. / COURTESY OF SENIOR AGENDA COALITION OF RHODE ISLAND

Senior Agenda Coalition of R.I. hires Beaudreau as executive director

PROVIDENCE – The Senior Agenda Coalition of Rhode Island, an organization advocating on behalf of the state's senior population, has hired Bernard J. Beaudreau...
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY on Tuesday is expected to approve Gov. Daniel J. McKee's proposed allocation of $119 million in American Rescue Act Plan funding to aid small businesses and human service needs. / PBN PHOTO/CASSIUS SHUMAN

General Assembly OKs $119M in ARPA spending; McKee signs into law

PROVIDENCE – The General Assembly on Tuesday unanimously approved a proposal for allocating $119 million of the $1.1 billion in American Rescue Plan Act...

Union: Greenleaf marijuana dispensary worker reinstated after claiming wrongful termination

PORTSMOUTH – A worker at the Greenleaf Compassionate Care Center who claims he was wrongfully terminated in June for his union organizing efforts has...

Butler & Messier Insurance Inc. acquires two Cranston-based insurers

PAWTUCKET - Butler & Messier Insurance Inc. has acquired two Cranston-based insurance agencies, expanding its services and footprint in Rhode Island. Butler & Messier, a...
­COORDINATING COVERAGE: HealthSource RI Director Lindsay Lang, third from left, meets with staff members, from left, Contessa Brown, senior analyst; Leslie Racine Vazquez, operations manager; and Steve Micke and Katherine Rivera in customer service. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

HealthSource RI seeing big benefits from ARPA

The calls from doubting policyholders have been coming into HealthSource RI recently as they express concern that there might have been a mistake on...
FIRST OF ITS KIND: Jamie Freda makes her vegan pasta at Hope & Main in Warren. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Preserving tradition through pasta

Jamie Freda spent her summers in Puglia, Italy, learning the finer points of cooking traditional Italian food from her grandmother. “She taught me everything,” Freda...
Jacquelyn M. Baginski / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Five Questions With: Jacquelyn M. Baginski

Jacquelyn M. Baginski | R.I. state representative, D-Cranston 1. Even as a freshman legislator, you have been described as a “champion for business” by some...
BRANCHING OUT: Picerne Real Estate Group began by building single-family homes in Rhode Island before expanding both its services and its coverage area. Pictured, from left, are Fred DiFusco, Northeast region district manager; Ron Serpa, district manager; and Carol Macari, human resources manager, at the group’s Warwick office. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Picerne takes family-oriented approach to building, managing properties

Picerne Real Estate Group built the foundation for its business model by building single-family homes in Rhode Island before success led to the development...

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 1,379, with 3 new deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 1,379, with three new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Thursday. Hospitalizations of...
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