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List: Staffing Firms

Total number of average weekly workers: 1,096 The complete list is available for purchase online. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make...

List: Executive Compensation in Public Companies

Re-ranked by salary 1. Scott C. Donnelly, CEO and president, Textron Inc. | Salary: $1,903,385 2. Larry J. Merlo, CEO and president, CVS Health Corp. |...

Meals on Wheels of R.I. names three new board members

PROVIDENCE – Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island has named three new members to its 2021-22 board of directors. Jaclyn Cotter, an associate for...
JIM PURCELL, co-founder of the Returns On Wellbeing Institute, spoke Thursday during the Providence Business News 2021 Healthiest Employers of Rhode Island Awards program about the importance of mental health. / PBN SCREENSHOT

PBN’s Healthiest Employers awards: Groov-Pin, South County Health, AAA, U-Haul earn...

PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News celebrated its 10th annual Healthiest Employers of Rhode Island Awards program Thursday, awarding top honors to four organizations for...
LOCAL COLLEGES, such as Brown University, pictured, are optimistic in having a rebound academic year starting in the fall after the COVID-19 pandemic upended campus life for 18 months. / AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

College leaders cautiously optimistic about having bounce-back year on campus

PROVIDENCE – With college students expected to soon return to campuses in Rhode Island, there is cautious optimism that the 2021-22 academic year will...

R.I. receives $2.6M in AmeriCorps funding to support student access, housing,...

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and R.I. Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green announced July 22 that $2.6 million in AmeriCorps...

Five Questions with: Tom Parrish

Tom Parrish is the executive director of Trinity Repertory Company. The Providence-based theater group recently announced that Parrish will be leaving his post in...

New law requires civics proficiency for public school graduates

PROVIDENCE – Public school graduates across Rhode Island will now be required to demonstrate proficiency in civics after a law was recently passed by...

United Way’s Women United Group awards $124K in grants to local...

PROVIDENCE – United Way of Rhode Island announced July 28 that its Women United group awarded $124,000 in grants to three local nonprofits to...
BROWN UNIVERSITY is reinstituting an indoor mask requirement and increased testing on campus in advance of the 2021 fall semester. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown University again requiring indoor mask wearing, increased testing

PROVIDENCE – Masks and other increased measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 are returning to the Brown University campus. The Ivy League university announced...
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