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Smiley signs off on Providence’s $635.7M FY27 budget with no tax...

PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley signed the $635.7 million fiscal 2027 budget, finalizing a spending plan that maintains city services without a tax...

Pawtucket secures $30M for Tidewater infrastructure buildout

PAWTUCKET – City officials on Monday announced a $30 million infrastructure investment aimed at unlocking Phase 1B of the Tidewater Landing redevelopment, including a...
NEW WORKSPACE: Peter Gillespie, senior vice president and branch manager for Cross Insurance Inc., stands at the entrance of the company’s new offices at The Foundry in Providence. 
PBN PHOTO/MATTHEW MCNULTY

‘Low supply and low demand’: R.I. office market undergoing ‘repositioning’

On a sunny summer morning at the Foundry in Providence, Cross Insurance Inc. employees move past exposed brick walls and soaring 14-foot ceilings before...

Question about Quonset sludge facility not a simple yes or no

Rhode Island has less than three years to decide what to do with the hundreds of tons of sludge created each week at its...
PROGRAM ­SUCCESS: Amy Grzybowski, vice president of workforce development and ­community relations at New ­England Institute of Technology, says the success of its surgical technologist pilot program allowed it to become a registered ­apprenticeship. 
PBN PHOTO/­ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Surgical technologist pilot turned apprenticeship helping hospitals fill vacancies

In the operating rooms of Rhode Island hospitals, the work moves fast. Scalpels are handed off, instrument trays are counted and procedures unfold with...
HELPING HAND: Richard Sanberg, left, launched ASAP Disposal LLP in August in Coventry with the help of Jospeh Perry.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

ASAP Disposal offers fast, local cleanout solutions

Richard Sanberg started ASAP Disposal LLP in August to do one thing: get to cleanouts fast, whenever and wherever customers need it. Based in Coventry,...
SHIPPING AND HANDLING: Hideaway Solutions LLC CEO Dana Pinnock boxes up one of the Bristol company’s fold-out step stools as owner-operator Lancelot Pinnock looks on.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Bristol-based furniture maker building national reputation

At Hideaway Solutions LLC, every cut of wood, hinge and finished fold-out step stool and wall-mounted desk tells a story of careful design and...

Washington Trust finances $28.8M loan for 104-unit South Kingstown apartment project

WESTERLY – The Washington Trust Co. has provided a $28.8 million construction loan to finance a new 104-unit apartment complex at The Village at...

R.I. unemployment, disability benefits to increase starting July 1

CRANSTON – The R.I. Department of Labor and Training said Thursday that maximum weekly benefit amounts for the state's unemployment and disability insurance programs...

UPP Global to refund $1.35M to R.I. drivers over hidden parking...

PROVIDENCE – UPP Global LLC, known locally as RI Parking Co., will pay $1.35 million to refund eligible Rhode Island drivers after the state...
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