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/ COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND TRAINING

R.I. jobless rate drops to 9.2% in January, lowest since 2008

Economic Activity 03/06/2014

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate inched downward in January to 9.2 percent, the lowest rate since November 2008, according to the...

HEALTHSOURCE RI spokeswoman Dara Chadwick said the state's Affordable Care Act exchange will launch a satellite office in Warwick on Monday, to meet high demand from residents in the Cranston-Warwick area.

HealthSource RI to launch satellite office in Warwick

Government 03/06/2014

(Updated, 4:10 p.m.) PROVIDENCE – HealthSource RI is opening a temporary satellite office Monday in Warwick due to increased demand from residents in the Cranston-Warwick...

SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY and Johnson & Wales University have committed to substantially increasing the number of their undergraduate population that studies abroad at some point in their college careers. / COURTESY SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY

JWU, Salve Regina commit to grow study abroad participation

Education 03/03/2014

NEWPORT – Salve Regina University and Johnson & Wales University have joined the Institute of International Education’s new five-year Generation Study Abroad initiative. In joining...

MICHAEL JENKINSON, center, former CFO of the Rhode Island Foundation, has left the nonprofit and is now with East Providence accounting firm Chaput & Feeney. / PBN FILE PHOTO/DAVID LEVESQUE

R.I. Foundation looking for CFO

Nonprofit 02/28/2014

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation is in the process of hiring a new chief financial officer. Michael Jenkinson, the Foundation’s former senior vice president...

OLNEYVILLE NEW YORK System was one of five restaurants nationwide to receive a 2014 America's Classics Award from the James Beard Foundation. Above, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras poses with one of the diner's signature weiners in a photo featured on the restaurant's website. / COURTESY OLNEYVILLE NEW YORK SYSTEM

Olneyville eatery among 2014 James Beard Award winners

Hospitality & Tourism 02/28/2014

PROVIDENCE – The Olneyville New York System, a diner that opened in 1946, is one of five recipients of the 2014 America’s Classics Awards...

R.I. Foundation awards record $31 million in grants in 2013

Economic Activity 02/28/2014

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation awarded a record $31 million in grants in 2013 to more than 1,300 nonprofits, the organization said Friday....

United Way, Raimondo team for campaign

Nonprofit 02/28/2014

PROVIDENCE – As the April 15 deadline to file income tax returns approaches, United Way of Rhode Island and the office of General Treasurer...

Family Service VP talks military-family trauma

Nonprofit 02/28/2014

PROVIDENCE – Family Service of Rhode Island Senior Vice President Susan Erstling will provide her expertise on military-family trauma in an upcoming presentation focusing...

Cousineau receives Year Up award

Nonprofit 02/28/2014

PROVIDENCE – City resident Mark Cousineau, senior client manager and vice president for business banking at Bank of America, received the Mentor of the...