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Providence-based KPMG leader named chair of Americas region

PROVIDENCE – KPMG LLP has named a Providence-based executive to a senior regional leadership role overseeing operations across North and South America. Timothy J. Walsh,...

R.I. becomes first state to limit grocery self-checkout lanes

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has become the first state in the country to impose a statewide staffing requirement on grocery store self-checkout lanes after...

Brown University launches Workforce Lab to track job training programs

PROVIDENCE – Brown University’s Watson School of International and Public Affairs launched a new Workforce Development Policy Lab on Thursday to identify which job...

Providence again ranks No. 2 among most walkable U.S. cities

PROVIDENCE – The state's capital has once again been ranked the No. 2 most walkable city to visit in the United States by USA...

McKee signs Quonset sludge moratorium, creates study commission

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee signed legislation on Tuesday placing a one-year moratorium on the proposed sludge pyrolysis facility at Quonset Business Park while...

Shekarchi’s bid to dismiss ethics complaint denied

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Ethics Commission is moving forward with a complaint challenging former House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi’s bid for a seat on the...

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. 
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‘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...
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