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From left, Sean Carroll, Caroline Keane and Katie Carpenter, students from Roger Williams University, help prepare meals for local residents at the Mathewson Street Church in Providence as part of the university’s “Stay Break” program. In the immersive, weeklong service learning experience students stay on campus during spring break while they serve nonprofits in nearby communities. / COURTESY ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY

RWU students spend spring break in community service programs for nonprofits

Education 03/11/2016

BRISTOL – This week, more than 130 Roger Williams University students, from undergraduate to graduate to law, are participating in alternative spring break trips,...

Nonprofit executives to participate in yearlong certificate program

Education 03/11/2016

PROVIDENCE – More than a dozen Rhode Island-based nonprofit professionals are taking part in the Boston-based Institute for Nonprofit Management and Leadership’s first certificate...

R.I. Foundation awards $28K in grants to increase access to information

Nonprofit 03/11/2016

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded 15 nonprofit organizations more than $28,000 in grants to increase access to information. The grant awards cover...

Elizabeth Capalbo is founder and program director for the North Kingstown-based nonprofit Gaits of Harmony, which provides certified therapeutic riding programs.

Five Questions With: Elizabeth Capalbo

In Their Own Words 03/11/2016

Elizabeth Capalbo is founder and program director for the North Kingstown-based nonprofit Gaits of Harmony, which provides certified therapeutic riding programs. She founded the...

Students honored for outstanding volunteerism

Nonprofit 03/11/2016

Zachary Librizzi, 17, of Warwick, and Sarah Coutu, 12, of Pawtucket, have been named Rhode Island’s top youth volunteers of 2016 by the Prudential...

THE UNEMPLOYMENT rate declined to 5.3 percent in January, from 5.4 percent in December and 6.5 percent in January 2015, according to the state Department of Labor and Training. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND TRAINING

DLT: Jobless rate drops again in January to 5.3%

Economic Activity 03/10/2016

PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island unemployment rate for January dropped by a tenth of a percentage point to 5.3 percent compared with December, even...

CHRISTOPHER MAXWELL, president of the Rhode Island Trucking Association, said the association worked hard to bring the annual meeting to Newport, but he had to defer to his "peers in the industry who questioned the viability of this location given the egregious actions taken against the trucking industry by Gov. Raimondo and the Legislature through the passage of RhodeWorks.” / PBN FILE PHOTO

Trucking Association blames RhodeWorks on meeting venue change to Maine from...

Capital Goods 03/09/2016

In reaction to the truck tolls associated with RhodeWorks, the Northeast Trucking Association Executives Council is working to relocate to Maine a 2018 annual...

THE R.I. CONVENTION CENTER provided a festive atmosphere for Hasbro Children's Hospital's annual Nerf Ball fundraiser Saturday, March 5. More than $1 million was raised to support the hospital's programs. / COURTESY AL WEEMS PHOTOGRAPHY

Hasbro Children’s raises $1.1M at annual Nerf Ball event

Health Services 03/08/2016

PROVIDENCE – Hasbro Children’s Hospital raised $1.06 million at its annual Nerf Ball fundraiser, held Saturday at the R.I. Convention Center. The funds raised will...