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Mary MacDonald joined the Providence Business News as a staff writer covering Government, Development, Real Estate and Manufacturing in December 2014. She previously was a correspondent for The Boston Globe and Telegram & Gazette, an editor at Patch/AOL, and a staff writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Michigan State University, and a master’s degree in secondary English from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

STATE TAX officials will hold a drawing this month to refine the lineup for building renovation projects awaiting state historic preservation tax credits.

Drawing on tap for projects awaiting historic preservation tax credits

Economic Activity 01/14/2015

PROVIDENCE - State tax officials will hold a drawing this month to refine the lineup for building renovation projects awaiting state historic preservation tax...

THE STATE'S Division of Public Utilities and Carriers, in November 2013, enacted a minimum fee of $40 for all vehicles for hire. Now, a group of Rhode Island motor vehicle companies has filed a court complaint seeking to block that state requirement. The fee has not been enforced due to litigation.

Court complaint filed seeking to block $40 minimum vehicle for hire...

Capital Goods 01/13/2015

PROVIDENCE - A group of Rhode Island motor vehicle companies has filed a court complaint seeking to block a state requirement that all vehicles...

Proposed student apartment project for former I-195 land in Providence grows...

Economic Activity 01/13/2015

PROVIDENCE - The first development proposed for the former I-195 land just got a little bigger. Friendship & Clifford LLC, which proposes to construct a...

STAYING CONNECTED: Students from the West Broadway Middle School in Providence with Cox’s interim Regional Manager and Vice President of Human Resources Pipier Bewlay. Cox has partnered with a nonprofit to provide discounted Internet access, including for students from families with low incomes. / COURTESY COX COMMUNICATIONS

Helping neediest students bridge the digital divide

Technology 01/10/2015

No longer considered a luxury but a necessity, high-speed Internet is being made more affordable for Rhode Islanders with low to moderate incomes through...

CROSS ROAD: White Cross Pharmacy has grown into a third-generation, family-owned business serving clients in three states by constantly working to meet the changing needs of customers. Pictured above, from left, are: Beth Brown, business director; Robert J. Iacobucci, pharmacy director; and Robert L. Iacobucci, company president and CEO. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Med-Box meets growing medical need

Economic Activity 01/10/2015

White Cross Pharmacy began in the Depression era as a family-owned store, and has matured into a third-generation business by knowing when to abandon...

THE NONPROFIT Olneyville Housing Corp. has purchased 14 residential properties over the past year in the area of Amherst and Chaffee streets, and will renovate the buildings to create more affordable housing. / COURTESY OLNEYVILLE HOUSING CORP.

Olneyville Housing Corp. planning $9M project

Economic Activity 01/08/2015

PROVIDENCE - The nonprofit Olneyville Housing Corp. has purchased 14 residential properties over the past year in the area of Amherst and Chaffee streets,...

BLACKLANE, A German company that specializes in pairing business travelers with luxury car and SUV rides, expanded its service to the Providence area Tuesday.

Blacklane enters Providence market with luxury car, SUV rides

Capital Goods 01/06/2015

PROVIDENCE - A German company that specializes in pairing business travelers with luxury car and SUV rides expanded its service to the Providence area...

City to develop plan for economic development

Economic Activity 01/03/2015

Developing plans to encourage economic development will be priorities for state officials and their counterparts in Providence this year. The Economic Development Planning Commission, authorized...

STARTING ANEW: A new mixed-used building would replace the 19th-century Elizabeth Mill, in Warwick, a building originally tabbed for rehabilitation. / COURTESY CITY OF WARWICK/MICHAEL INTEGLIA & CO.

Mill no longer part of city development plans

Economic Activity 01/03/2015

Warwick’s Elizabeth Mill, a 19th-century structure that a development company had initially said could be transformed into apartments, retail and office space instead will...

CONTRACT WORK: Jose Marcano, left, president of JM Painting & Plastering, discusses a job at the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum with Michael J. Behan Jr., president of Behan Bros. General Contractors and Construction Managers. Marcano estimates about half of his work comes through sub-work as a Minority Business Enterprise on public contracts. (The hall of fame project is private work and not subject to MBE regulations.) / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Falling short on minority contracts

Government 01/03/2015

Twenty-nine years after a Rhode Island law required at least 10 percent of all state contract and purchase awards to go to minority- or...

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