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DOULA DISCUSSION: Stacey Collins, left, asks questions of doulas Meg Bain, center, and Elyse Wilkie during a Doulas of Rhode Island gathering in North Kingstown earlier this month that allowed expectant mothers to investigate hiring a doula for delivery and postpartum services. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Doulas argue insurance proposal is about access, equity

Quatia Osorio had never heard of a doula before 2011. But after two miscarriages, the Rhode Island resident started looking into services to support her...
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Five Questions With: Janet Coit

Janet Coit | Director, R.I. Department of Environmental Management 1. A recent survey showed that Rhode Island uses more salt per mile of road...
THE R.I. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION on Monday voted to extend its decision halting utility company shutoffs through April 15, impacting companies such as National Grid Rhode Island. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MARK S. MURPHY

National Grid customers to see electricity bills drop beginning April 1

WARWICK – Rhode Island residents and businesses will see their monthly electricity bills drop significantly beginning April 1. The R.I. Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday...

PUC approves financial incentive for solar canopies on parking lots

WARWICK – Rhode Island will soon begin offering an extra financial incentive to commercial solar developers who build their ground-mounted canopies over parking lots. The...

Survey: Citizens lags big banks on customer banking advice satisfaction

PROVIDENCE – Big banks’ digital advice offerings make them more popular with customers than their regional bank counterparts, including Rhode Island-based Citizens Bank. This was...

Citizens, WJAR-TV seek environmental nonprofit applicants for champion award

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Bank and WJAR-TV NBC 10 are seeking nonprofit applicants with a focus on environmental stewardship for their 2020 Champions in Action...

Report: New Englanders, millennials well-positioned for retirement

PROVIDENCE – Americans are increasingly improving their retirement savings, particularly those in the New England region, according to a new report from Fidelity Investments...

Five Questions With: Gregory Derderian

Gregory Derderian serves as executive vice president, chief financial officer and director of strategic analysis for BankNewport. He was recently elected president of the...
STEADY GROWTH: Nancy Parker Wilson, owner of Greenvale Vineyard in Portsmouth, with her son Bill Wilson, the operations manager. Parker Wilson says the vineyard has seen steady growth in its seasonal tasting and events business, a function of increasing interest in agritourism and the “eat local” movement. / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

PBN survey: In election year, more R.I. companies say no to...

Rhode Island businesspeople have revived their optimism about the future of the state economy, but they appear reluctant to back up their improved outlook...
TUITION-FREE: Community College of Rhode Island student Davila Jackley, left, meets with classmate William Rider. Jackley is taking advantage of the Rhode Island Promise program.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Raimondo pushes to make tuition-free program a permanent Promise

When Davila Jackley graduates from the Community College of Rhode Island this spring, she’ll do so without having paid any tuition. Jackley, 19, is among...
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