Katie Castellani, Author at Providence Business News

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R.I.’s health care industry leaders focus on job development

Economic Activity 09/26/2023

PROVIDENCE – John Fernandez, Lifespan Corp. CEO and president, says he is not interested in attempting a merger with Care New England again. Instead, Fernandez...

EPA grants R.I $3.9M for recycling infrastructure expansion

Government 09/25/2023

PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday awarded Rhode Island a total of $3.9 million for the expansion of recycling infrastructure across the...

Providence considering city’s first-ever rental registry

News Story 09/22/2023

PROVIDENCE – A proposal is being considered to create the city’s first-ever registration for all occupied and vacant rental units. Providence City Council President Rachel...

THE CROWDS that showed up at previous PVDFests downtown didn't materialize this year at the 195 District Park, in part because of miserable weather. But some say the festival needs to move back to downtown. / COURTESY PVDFEST

Figuring out the future of PVDFest

Editor's Choice 09/22/2023

PVDFest will return next year, but Providence Mayor Brett P. Smiley's administration is beginning the process of figuring out what it will look like...

Providence City Plan Commission approves Brown University’s proposed master plan

Economic Activity 09/19/2023

PROVIDENCE – The Providence City Plan Commission Tuesday night approved Brown University’s proposed Institutional Master Plan. The university updates its master plan every five years...

Cannabis cultivator’s request for relief from regulator’s ‘administrative hold’ denied

News Story 09/15/2023

WARWICK – A Providence Superior Court judge denied a local cannabis cultivator’s request for an injunctive relief from state regulator’s “administrative hold” over the...

TALKING POINT: State Rep. Scott A. Slater, second from left, speaks during one of the panel discussions at Providence Business News’ The Business of Cannabis Summit on Sept. 7. Also participating was, from left, Kelly Wishart, chief operating officer of Coastline EAP; Drew Richards, director of Marcum LLP; Benjamin Rackliffe, partner at Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC; and Kristyn M. Glennon, first vice president and Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering officer of BayCoast Bank.  PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Workplace still a place of confusion on cannabis

Government 09/15/2023

Both employers and employees have continued to grapple with the role of cannabis in the workplace as Rhode Island’s recreational market continues to develop. “We’ve...

ATTENTION-GETTING: Stuart Procter, PureVita Labs LLC co-owner and laboratory director, left, speaks during a panel discussion at Providence Business News’ The Business of Cannabis Summit on Sept. 7 while panelists Ronald Crosson, center, chairman of the R.I. Cannabis Advisory Board, and Spencer Blier, CEO of Mammoth Inc., listen. Not visible behind Procter is panelist Armand T. Lusi, president of the Rhode Island Cultivator Industry Association.  PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Cannabis industry says advertising key to overcoming glut of products

Government 09/15/2023

After the Rhode Island Cannabis Act was passed, Spencer Blier, CEO and founder of cannabis cultivator Mammoth Inc., says he saw the number of...

THE PAYOFF: Jennifer Magaw can relate to the confusion many people with student loans are feeling about the on-again, off-again plans for loan forgiveness. For a long time, she felt anxiety about more than $100,000 in debt she had after finishing law school.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Confusion reigns over status of student loans

Education 09/15/2023

Jennifer Magaw graduated from law school in 2012, but she continued comparing notes with her peers for several years afterward. Her notes weren’t about classes....