Jacquelyn Voghel
State hires Saal as temporary consultant at $105 hourly rate
PROVIDENCE — Weeks after Joshua Saal resigned from a highly criticized tenure as Rhode Island's first secretary of housing, the state has signed the...
RIDOT becomes first R.I. agency to reach full LED compliance
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Transportation has become the first state agency to reach 100% reliance on improved energy efficient LED lighting, the...
New Majority Capital offering accelerator for entrepreneurs of color
PROVIDENCE – New Majority Capital, an organization launched last year to help people of color and women innovators achieve entrepreneurship through acquisition of existing businesses,...
MassTech Collaborative opens manufacturing grant applications
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. – A grant program that awarded more than $632,000 to southeastern Massachusetts businesses last year has opened applications for its third Massachusetts...
USDA expands recall of sausage manufactured at Burrillville facility
BURRILLVILLE – The U.S. Department of Agriculture earlier this month announced a recall of about 69,255 pounds of ready-to-eat sausage products manufactured by Daniele...
New R.I. housing director vows more affordable developments
PROVIDENCE – A focus on housing production, addressing homelessness and building an organization to drive state-level work will serve as priority areas for newly...
Taco eyes new Cranston facility amid global expansion, hiring campaign
CRANSTON – Taco Comfort Solutions is seeking to expand its footprint locally, and internationally, as the company invests $1 million into plans for a...
Ocean Biomedical set to go public this week
PROVIDENCE – Ocean Biomedical, a biopharmaceutical company launched out of Brown University, is poised to go public this week following an agreement made last...
Study: Pharmacy access to buprenorphine boosts likelihood of continued treatment
Andrew Terranova, a pharmacist and general manager at Genoa Healthcare in Providence, was optimistic when his pharmacy signed onto a study intended to create...
Union membership on the rise in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Union membership rates in Rhode Island increased year over year in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, reversing course...



















