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Poker returning to Twin River Casino on Feb. 23

Hospitality & Tourism 02/10/2023

LINCOLN – After a three-year hiatus, poker is returning to Bally's Twin River Lincoln Casino Resort on Feb. 23. The news was announced on Bally’s...

Where R.I.’s past comes alive

Art & Culture 02/08/2023

PROVIDENCE – A year after being expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1636, Rhode Island founder Roger Williams was still communicating with the more...

RIDHS to deactivate call center on Wednesdays

Government 02/03/2023

PROVIDENCE – In response to continued high call volume and long wait times, the R.I. Department of Human Services announced Thursday its call center...

MORE EFFORT NEEDED: Rhode Island needs better infrastructure, more housing and more effort to foster emerging industries, according to panelists at Providence Business News’ Economic Trends Summit on Jan. 26, which included from left: keynote speaker Thomas Tzitzouris, head of fixed income research at New York City-based Strategas Research Partners; Karl Wadensten, CEO and president of VIBCO Inc.; Peter Phillips, chief investment officer at Washington Trust Wealth Management; Julietta Georgakis, chief of staff for the R.I. Executive Office of Commerce; and Kevin Casey, vice president of sales at Sweeney Real Estate & Appraisal. PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN summit: With recession looming, R.I. economy faces big test

Economic Activity 02/03/2023

The predicted downturn in 2023 will test Rhode Island’s business owners in a state that has yet to adequately prepare its labor force with...

JOB MARKET SHIFTS: The ratio of job openings to unemployed people stood at nearly 2 to 1 near the end of 2022, a big difference from the ratio two years earlier at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.  COURTESY STRATEGAS RESEARCH PARTNERS

Economist at PBN summit: Job market remains crucial question mark

Economic Activity 02/03/2023

Thomas Tzitzouris sees jobs as the big economic “wild card” in 2023. A labor market characterized by low unemployment can have a downside for businesses...

VERY CALCULATED: Rick Gorvett, chair of Bryant University’s mathematics department, says the creation of a master’s degree program in actuarial science comes at a time when the need for more actuaries is greater than ever.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

New Bryant master’s program for those looking to make risk their...

Education 02/03/2023

Forget what you might think of people who work as actuaries – overworked number crunchers who toil away in windowless offices, dully calculating risks...

COOLING COMFORT: Bedjet LLC founder and CEO Mark Aramli developed a climate comfort sleep system to help keep him cool at night, then found success with a Kickstarter fundraising campaign and headquartered the business in Newport in 2014 to produce and sell the device. PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Bed tech company finds firm support in Newport

Entrepreneurship 02/03/2023

It has been said necessity is the mother of invention. As an engineering contractor working on the NASA spacesuit program, Mark Aramli, founder and CEO...

McKee budget proposes $5M for small-business energy upgrades

Economy 02/01/2023

PROVIDENCE – Robert “Rocky” Kempenaar, a commercial developer who operates four hotels on Aquidneck Island and is in the approval process for a mixed-use development...

R.I. Commerce approves Network Matching Grants, Innovation Vouchers

Economy 01/31/2023

PROVIDENCE- The R.I. Commerce Corp. board of directors on Monday awarded five Network Matching Grants totaling $393,125 and five Innovation Vouchers totaling less than $250,000. The approvals came during...