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Foulkes holds 19-point lead in governor’s race, latest UNH poll finds

PROVIDENCE – Democratic gubernatorial nominee Helena Buonanno Foulkes leads independent Ken Block by 19 percentage points and Republican Aaron Guckian by 27 points in...
CHUGGING ALONG: Matt Bosgraaf, right, owner of the Kayak Centre in North Kingstown, adjusts the pedal drive system on a fishing kayak in the store’s showroom. With him is John Van Ness, the store’s product specialist. Bosgraaf says the business is growing, helped by the recent acquisition of a kayak rental business. 
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AT WHAT COSTS? PBN survey: Businesses haven’t lost all hope despite...

Rhode Island business owners and executives are feeling better about their companies than they did a year ago, but that does not mean they...
Molly Richard / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Five Questions With: Molly Richard

Molly Richard | Assistant professor, University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences 1. Your research estimates that nearly 10,000 Rhode Islanders experienced doubled-up homelessness...
LIVING THE DREAM: Courtney Walker opened The Pet Pawlor dog-grooming salon with her wife, Kether Paradise, in Middletown in May. 
PBN PHOTO/CHRISTOPHER ALLEN

Pet Pawlor dog groomers offer style, comfort

Pet Pawlor, a new dog-grooming salon on Aquidneck Avenue, has opened in Middletown, offering grooming services for dogs of all sizes and temperaments. The business...

R.I.’s cannabis reset proving costly

For Rhode Island businesses that spent years preparing to enter the state’s expanding adult-use cannabis market, the licensing process has become a costly reset. The...

Navy awards $271.2M contract for Newport pier

NEWPORT – New York-based Skanska USA Inc. received a $271.2 million contract to complete the second phase of construction on Pier 1 at Naval...

Cannabis panel considers shorter wholesale payment deadline, later home delivery

WARWICK – The R.I. Cannabis Control Commission is mulling two proposed changes to its regulations that would establish a 30-day payment deadline for wholesale...

Tanner takes interim VP role at CCRI

WARWICK – Former R.I. Secretary of Commerce Elizabeth M. Tanner has been named the Community College of Rhode Island interim vice president for workforce...

Cost pressure, labor crunch still weigh on hospitality despite consumer spending

WARWICK – Rhode Island hospitality businesses should not expect significant relief from elevated costs and labor crunches next year, even as consumers continue to...

Carpionato Group announces leadership transition

JOHNSTON – Two longtime executives of the Carpionato Group LLC are stepping down. CEO and President Kelly MacArthur Coates and Angelo Marocco, the company's outside...
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