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Providence City Council taps study commission to mull ‘alternative revenue...

Economy 09/08/2023

PROVIDENCE – The City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a nine–member commission to study the municipal tax system and make recommendations on ways to...

New Jersey paper company relocating to R.I.

Economic Activity 09/07/2023

PROVIDENCE – Norpak LLC, a New Jersey-based food packaging product manufacturer, is relocating its manufacturing facility to South Kingstown. The company is taking over the...

Providence mayor touts new tax agreements with city’s major universities

Government 09/05/2023

PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley on Tuesday announced his administration has reached tentative payment-in-lieu-of-taxes deals with the four private higher education institutions based...

ROUNDTABLE: Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island CEO and President Peter Marino, center, meets with staff at the health insurer’s Smithfield headquarters. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

‘Turbulent time’ for those up for Medicaid renewal

Focus 09/01/2023

The staff at Thundermist Health Center has been bracing for a flood of work this year, and that flood has now arrived. The center, a...

AT YOUR SERVICE: Edy Cruz, third from the right, and his wife, Zuleyka Gardinet, second from right, mingle with customers at Cruz’s restaurant El Anafe on Manton Avenue in Providence. From left are server Eva Baaz, Edgar Schultz, Cruz, Gardinet and Alba Martinez.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Everybody’s Business: Trying a new recipe for success

Entrepreneurship 09/01/2023

The restaurant industry is known to be an unforgiving place to start a business, but for Edy Cruz, the benefits were worth the risk. Cruz...

Diehl out as CEO of R.I. Infrastructure Bank

Economy 08/31/2023

PROVIDENCE – William Fazioli was tapped as the new executive director of the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, the quasi-public lending authority that controls more...

Talbots Newport store to close next month, Chase Bank moving in

News Story 08/25/2023

NEWPORT – After four decades, a popular women’s clothing store located on a prominent city intersection will be closing shop on Sept. 9 and...

Ioffe resigns from R.I. Office of the General Treasurer

Government 08/25/2023

PROVIDENCE – A high-ranking staff member with the R.I. Treasurer’s Office has resigned. The Office of the General Treasurer confirmed Friday that Saul Ioffe, who...

THE TIDEWATER LANDING stadium project appears to be back on track, but there's still a lot of work to be done before it's a done deal. / COURTESY FORTUITOUS PARTNERS

Lots of moving pieces remain for Tidewater stadium

Financial Services 08/25/2023

The developer behind the $124 million soccer stadium project in Pawtucket may have secured the $14.5 million needed to close its financing gap, but...