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Report: R.I. welcomed record number of visitors in 2022

PROVIDENCE –  A new report found Rhode Island welcomed a record 27.7 million visitors in 2022, R.I. Commerce Corp. announced Wednesday. R.I. Commerce Corp. on...

R.I. Commerce awards $220,000 contract for tourism development

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. board of directors on Monday awarded a contract to an Ohio-based firm to create a five-year tourism development...

ProvPort operator partners with Seattle-based company

PROVIDENCE –  A private Seattle-based company is partnering with Waterson Terminal Services LLC, the company that operates ProvPort Inc., formerly known as the port...

I-195 Commission hears 4 proposals for ‘parcel 1A’

PROVIDENCE – The I-195 Redevelopment District Commission on Wednesday heard four proposals for “parcel 1A,” the property directly adjacent to the Providence River that is now used as...

Biometric identity verification units arrive at T.F. Green’s main terminal

WARWICK – State aviation officials and representatives from Clear Secure Inc. held a ribbon cutting Tuesday at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport to...

City begins next phase of Fox Point Hurricane Barrier rehab

PROVIDENCE – City officials are encouraging residents and commuters to “plan accordingly” during the second construction phase to rehabilitate the sewer gates of the...
VALUABLE COLLECTION: Bill and Alison Vareika gather amongst some of their extensive collection of William Trost Richards paintings in the Vareika Fine Arts Gallery in Newport.
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Vareika traded dealing in courtrooms for dealing paintings

William Vareika was supposed to be a lawyer, not an art dealer. But sometimes fate has a way of making these decisions for you. A...
HUMAN TOUCH: Bonnie Kennedy, assistant chair of Salve Regina University’s Department of Business and Economics, says that while accounting students will be expected to use artificial intelligence-enabled tools in the future, they will still have to master the skills of communication and critical reasoning. 
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CPAs, analysts grapple with high-tech evolution

Experts have predicted for years that the growth of artificial intelligence will transform the accounting industry. For some, it already has. The technology is enabling...
ROLE PLAYER: Chris Dunlavey is the host at Paradigm Escape Rooms in Newport.
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Seeking an escape in City by the Sea

Paradigm Escape Rooms provides a “second generation” escape room equipped with electromagnetic locks and keypads, more high-tech than the first-generation progenitors that relied solely...

20 Brown University students arrested during sit-in protesting war in Gaza

PROVIDENCE – The Providence Police Department on Wednesday arrested 20 Brown University students who were demanding university support for a ceasefire in the Gaza...
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