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Providence Children’s Museum<br> gets 3-year AmeriCorps grants

Nonprofit 05/16/2014

PROVIDENCE – The Providence Children’s Museum has been awarded a three-year National and Community Service Grant from AmeriCorps program, and will receive $159,600 annually...

THE R.I. DEPARTMENT of Labor and Training said Thursday that Rhode Island's unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent in April from March's rate of 8.7 percent. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND TRAINING

R.I. unemployment rate drops to 8.3%, mirroring U.S. decline

Economic Activity 05/15/2014

(Updated, 5:12 p.m.) PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent in April from 8.7 in March, according to seasonally adjusted data provided...

GOV. LINCOLN D. CHAFEE announced on Thursday a new CNC machinist apprenticeship program, the first registered manufacturing apprenticeship in the state. The program will provide 2,000 hours of paid, on-the-job training concurrent with education through the Community College of Rhode Island. / COURTESY GOV. LINCOLN D. CHAFEE'S OFFICE

Chafee launches state’s first manufacturing apprenticeship

Capital Goods 05/15/2014

(Updated, 12:06 p.m.) WARWICK – Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee formally approved a new apprenticeship program for computer numerical control operators at the annual meeting of...

THE R.I. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION has endorsed the plan to build a Nursing Education Center in conjunction with a Brown University academic office complex at the former South Street Power Station in Providence's Knowledge District, a project that many hope will jump-start development in the adjacent former Interstate 195 land. / PBN FILE PHOTO/NATALJA KENT

State approves lease terms for RIC/URI nursing center project

Economic Activity 05/13/2014

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Board of Education endorsed legislation Monday night that would authorize leasing terms for redevelopment of the South Street Power Station...

RHODE ISLAND'S RECOVERY remained stagnant in March despite an improvement in the weather, according to University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro's Current Conditions Index. / COURTESY LEONARD LARDARO

Lardaro: Economic momentum ‘stuck’ in R.I.

Economic Activity 05/12/2014

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Rhode Island’s troubled labor market continued to impede momentum that in March had otherwise improved across several economic sectors, according to...

GOT IT COVERED: $1.6 million in federal aid will go toward installing roofs at The Newport Visitor Information Center. / COURTESY DISCOVER NEWPORT

Visitor centers still draw

Economic Activity 05/10/2014

The Blackstone Valley Visitor Center in Pawtucket has a historical timeline of the valley on the wall, a 90-seat theater showing a film about...

SEAL OF AUTHENTICITY: Children aboard the motor vessel Alletta Morris in March 2013 observe harbor seals resting on rocks in Newport Harbor during a seal watch tour by Save The Bay. / COURTESY SAVE THE BAY

Ecotourism part of bay conservation

Hospitality & Tourism 05/10/2014

Save The Bay seal watches from Westerly and Newport in Narragansett Bay have been connecting environmentally conscious tourists and residents to this fragile natural...

THE NEW ENGLAND Institute of Technology announced Thursday it will launch its new associate's degree program in civil engineering technology this fall. / COURTESY NEW ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

NEIT to offer civil engineering technology degree this fall

Education 05/09/2014

EAST GREENWICH – The New England Institute of Technology will offer a new associate degree in civil engineering technology that incorporates practical training, starting...