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Summer 2025 Blue & You Regional Speaker Series launches June 18

NEWPORT – The fifth annual Summer 2025 Blue & You Regional Speaker Series, a collaboration between Innovate Newport, Ocean Tech Hub and the Grow Blue Strategy,...

Veolia tapped to manage Jamestown Water Treatment Plant

JAMESTOWN – Veolia North America, a provider of water services and environmental solutions across the U.S. and Canada, has secured a three-year agreement to...

Vinny Paz inducted into International Boxing Hall of Fame

PROVIDENCE – Ocean State boxing legend Vinny Paz was officially inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, N.Y., on June 7. Originally...

Providence City Council floats sale of Camp Cronin

PROVIDENCE – The City Council on Thursday took a step toward authorizing Mayor Brett P. Smiley’s administration to sell a city-owned property in Narragansett, commonly...

Contractor named for Washington Bridge rebuild; completion expected by November 2028

PROVIDENCE – Walsh Construction Co. II LLC has been awarded a $339 million contract to rebuild the Washington Bridge with the project expected to...

Assault weapons ban clears R.I. House

PROVIDENCE – The House on Thursday approved legislation that would ban the manufacture, purchase, sale, transfer and possession of several types of semiautomatic and...
PLAN AHEAD: Financial advisers Anthony Cerino and Kara Museler, who is also senior vice president of wealth management, at The Hilton Group at UBS Financial Services Inc. in Newport say business owners need to start planning years in advance for a successful business ­transition. 
PBN PHOTO/­DAVID HANSEN

Exit signs: How can business owners assess their readiness for transition?


Only 30% of business owners looking to sell find a buyer for their company, and only 10% get what they want. Interestingly, roughly the same...

House committee approves legislation banning ‘assault weapons’

PROVIDENCE – The House Judiciary Committee by a 12-6 vote Tuesday approved legislation that would ban the manufacture, purchase, sale, transfer and possession of...

Report: URI medical school would cost more than $200M; welcome first...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Launching the state's first medical school at the University of Rhode Island would cost more than $200 million, according to a...
THE DIFFERENCE is stark between the way the leadership in both the House and Senated handled Gov. Daniel J. McKee's proposal for salary increases for 11 cabinet members. PBN FILE PHOTO/NICOLE DOTZENROD

New Senate leadership taking own path on McKee raises

The General Assembly's handling of Gov. Daniel J. McKee's proposal for significant raises for nearly a dozen of his cabinet members has highlighted a...
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