Laura Ricketson
Local technical training integrates industry changes
Two technical institutes in Rhode Island offer training in telecommunications
that one instructor says puts graduates at a significant advantage over those...
Affordable housing law questions state’s control
Reworking the state’s fragmented affordable housing law is a leap in the right
direction, housing officials say, but success of the new...
Off-campus housing crunch
Some landlords are requiring multi-year leases
Students living off-campus from Providence colleges and universities this year
are facing higher rents, more demanding landlords...
Architects scale back plans for GTECH headquarters
Architects for the proposed GTECH headquarters in Capital Center have changed
their original design, eliminating a floor and one level of parking,...
Tax credits to benefit eco-sensitive manufacturers
Rhode Island manufacturers that adopt international environmental quality standard
ISO 14000 will now be rewarded with corporate tax credits to offset the...
State at risk of losing Brown & Sharpe, 275 jobs
After more than eight months of failed talks between the state and manufacturer
Brown & Sharpe Inc. on a proposal to build...
‘Switch kits’ ease bank transition for customers
Peter Bramante, a Providence resident, had wanted to switch banks for a while,
but said he kept putting it off because the...
Design of GTECH headquarters changed
Architects for the proposed GTECH headquarters in Capital Center have streamlined their original design, eliminating a floor and one level of parking, moving the...
Residential Realtor puts local market trends in perspective
Ronald L. Phipps
Position: Broker, President of Phipps Realty,
a residential real estate firm in Warwick
Background: Phipps has been in real...
Jewelry training program hopes to attract workers
The newly formed Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America Jewelry Academy at the Community College of Rhode Island will begin training workers later this...
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