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FBI: R.I. victims lost $52K to rental scammers in 2025

PROVIDENCE – Forty Rhode Islanders lost $51,969 to real estate scams in 2025, according to the FBI. The FBI Boston Division, which covers Maine, Massachusetts,...
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Five Questions With: Bob Cappadona

Bob Cappadona | CEO and president, Veolia North America’s Hazardous Waste division 1. Environmental solutions company Veolia, based in France with a North American...
THE CONNECTION: Passengers board an R.I. Public Transit Authority bus recently at Kennedy Plaza in Providence.
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RIPTA lawsuit highlights ‘gray area’ in state law

A decade-old personal injury lawsuit against the R.I. Public Transit Authority could reshape how translated statements are treated in Rhode Island courtrooms, with attorneys...
READY FOR BATTLE: Gov. Daniel J. McKee takes the podium as state and labor officials join forces in August 2025 to protest President Donald Trump’s effort to halt work on the Revolution Wind offshore wind farm. 
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On the workforce development front, headwinds persist

In 2022, excitement surged in the state after Breeze Airways announced plans to establish a permanent base at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport...
TROLL ­SIGHTING: ­
Louise Bishop, South County Tourism Council CEO and president, visits one of the two trolls living in the woods of Ninigret Park in Charlestown. Bishop says the trolls, made of recycled materials, have drawn 100,000 visitors this year alone. Three more trolls have been installed recently in Rhode Island. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/­ELIZABETH GRAHAM

The tourism sector sees new faces, but new challenges, too

Rhode Island’s tourism and hospitality sector has seen some new additions since 2021. Those searching for recreation and leisure now have the options of TopGolf,...
PAINFUL PINCH POINT: The Washington Bridge debacle has dogged state officials since half of the bridge was shut down in December 2023 because it was in danger of collapse. 
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For the state officials, it’s been one drama after another

Gov. Daniel J. McKee, a former lieutenant governor who became the state’s chief executive when two-term Gov. Gina M. Raimondo was tapped as U.S....

McKee selects Matos for R.I. Supreme Court

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Wednesday selected R.I. Superior Court Judge Luis Matos as his nominee for the Supreme Court, ending former...
A R.I. SUPREME COURT decision in favor of a neighbor challenging the liquor license of a Providence restaurant could have implications on other licenses issued the same way. / PBN FILE PHOTO

Could R.I. Supreme Court ruling have affect on many liquor licenses?

PROVIDENCE – In addition to churches and schools, the majority owners of land within 200 feet of a proposed premises can block the issuance...
IN GOOD COMPANY: The R.I. Commerce Corp. board meets at Cumberland-based baby product company Baby Delight Inc. in June for a strategic retreat to discuss economic and workforce trends. Gov. Daniel J. McKee, third from the left, leads the meeting. 
COURTESY R.I. COMMERCE CORP.

ELECTION26: Gubernatorial race puts performance of R.I. Commerce in spotlight

On the top floor of the Wexford Science & Technology building overlooking Providence’s I-195 District, Gov. Daniel J. McKee stood before business executives and...
TAKING SHAPE: internationally recognized architect Julian Bonder has worked with the Newport Middle Passage Port Marker Project to refine the design of a memorial between Thames Street and America’s Cup Avenue. 
COURTESY NEWPORT MIDDLE PASSAGE PORT MARKER PROJECT

Newport’s slave trade memorial taking years to become reality

Nearly a decade after the idea was first proposed, Newport’s Middle Passage Memorial is moving closer to becoming reality. But for those behind the...
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