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Rhode Island ranks among top 10 states for AI productivity web...

PROVIDENCE – Several states, including Rhode Island, are turning to artificial intelligence to streamline holiday preparations. New research by Switzerland-based PDF software maker Smallpdf ranks...

McKee: 650K affected by cyberattack; stolen data has not surfaced

PROVIDENCE – The cyberattack on the state’s RIBridges public benefits computer system earlier this month has resulted in the theft of the personal data...

Superior Court upholds city’s ban on bulk LPG storage

PROVIDENCE – An R.I. Superior Court judge has upheld the 2022 citywide ban on bulk storage of liquid propane gas. The decision on Dec. 20...

Senior housing development coming to Coventry

COVENTRY – Housing development firm LRT Co. announced Friday it has closed on 12.38 acres of vacant land to develop its planned $65 million...
Anika Kimble-Huntley, / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

‘All that’ and a giant quahog: Tourism chief takes R.I.’s effort...

Anika Kimble-Huntley has learned that being the state’s chief tourism marketer involves certain responsibilities that go beyond the published job description. She took the R.I....
ATTENTION TO DETAIL: Gorilla Gaming co-owner Gretel McCrory works on the factory floor at the Warwick gaming table manufacturer. The company’s attention to detail has caught the eye of big players in the gambling industry, including signing a deal in 2017 to be the official poker table of the World Series of Poker
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Meet the Makers: Warwick poker table maker has played its cards...

(Editor’s note: This is the 28th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
AI AND DEI: Moderator Kevin Matta, third from left, speaks with the panelists at Providence Business News’ 2024 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summit and Awards program at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick on Dec. 5. Also on the panel, from left, are Myra Coufal, Amgen Rhode Island diversity, inclusion and belonging site lead; Carolyn Belisle, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island vice president of corporate social responsibility; Talia Brookshire, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island chief diversity officer; Shameem Awan, Amica Mutual Insurance Co. DE&I assistant vice president; and NeeNee Shin, CBIZ Inc. director of diversity, equity and inclusion. 
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PBN summit panel: Even AI has biases that can hamper diversity

Artificial intelligence is being used in almost every aspect of business, and human resources is no exception. But while AI increases efficiency in sorting through...
DR. MICHAEL FINE, former director of the R.I. Department of Health, says taking steps such as creating new residencies for primary care physicians and nurse practitioners would be a start to reducing the shortage in personnel in primary care, followed by new scholarship programs with the caveat that recipients agree to practice in Rhode Island. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Addressing doctor shortage could be a primary challenge for lawmakers

State legislators might consider a host of potential prescriptions to ease Rhode Island’s worsening shortage of primary care doctors when they convene in January,...
A GROWTH OPPORTUNITY: Erynn Field, right, and Carina Labonte have opened Tidal Wave Training LLC and plan to use their background in sports performance, strength training and coaching to help clients. 
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Fitness studio offers exercise, education, endurance

After earning her master’s degree in kinesiology, North Kingstown native Erynn Field joined forces with Carina Labonte and launched Tidal Wave Training LLC in...

State settles with DOJ to resolve ‘warehousing’ of children under DCYF...

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Cunha on Thursday announced the Department of Justice has filed a proposed five-year consent decree in...
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