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State can make it safer, easier for firms to take risks

Saul Kaplan isn’t about to get “Netflixed.” That’s the term he uses to describe a business’ inability to anticipate change and, worse, failure to...
RHODE ISLAND showed a 3.9 percent loss in construction jobs in May.  / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/SAM HODGSON

Construction jobs lost across R.I., U.S.

WASHINGTON - Rhode Island showed the third steepest decline in construction jobs for May, a month during which more states lost such jobs since...
RHODE ISLAND DIRECTOR for Clean Water Action, Jamie Rhodes, knows how small actions can lead to large results when it comes to maintaining a clean water supply in the region. / COURTESY CLEAN WATER ACTION

Five Questions With: Jamie Rhodes

Jamie Rhodes is Rhode Island director for Clean Water Action, a national nonprofit that works to promote clean, safe and affordable water, the elimination...
RHODE ISLAND'S unemployment rate dropped for the first time in three months to 11 percent in May, a two-tenths of a percentage point decrease from April, the R.I. Department of Labor reported Friday. / COURTESY THE R.I. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND TRAINING

Unemployment rate drops in May

CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s unemployment rate dropped for the first time in three months to 11 percent in May, a two-tenths of a percentage...
WATERFIRE PROVIDENCE was one of two Rhode Island organizations to win a grant from ArtPlace.  / COURTESY WATERFIRE PROVIDENCE/JAMES TURNER

WaterFire, Community MusicWorks win ArtPlace grants

PROVIDENCE – WaterFire Providence and Community MusicWorks, a musicians-in-residence based educational nonprofit in the city’s West End, have been awarded grants from ArtPlace,...
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BANDWIDTH BLUES: Joel Tenenbaum plays the piano for friends at his apartment in Boston. The 28-year-old is facing nearly $700,000 in owed damages to Sony BMG Music Entertainment.

Illegal tunes no music to his ears

Joel Tenenbaum just received his doctorate at Boston University, where he’ll start teaching statistics courses to MBA students this fall. His post-graduate work took...
COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF TOURISMWIND IN THE SAILS: This month, Newport will play host to the final stop in the 2012 America's Cup World Series events. More than $1 million has been put into upgrades at Fort Adams as the park prepares for its closeup.

Fort Adams gets its chance to shine

On June 26, Newport will become the final stop in the 2012 America’s Cup World Series events, marking the culmination of nearly a year...
"The volunteer pool started changing around 15 years ago as a higher percentage of people joined the workforce full-time." / COURTESY INSPIRING MINDS

Five Questions With: Terri Adelman

Terri Adelman is executive director of Inspiring Minds, a nearly 50-year-old nonprofit in Providence that provides education and social support to academically struggling Providence...

Sargent celebrate green playground

WARWICK – The Sargent Rehabilitation Center, which specializes in providing rehabilitation and education services to children and adults impacted by traumatic injury and stroke...

RIBHS beneficiary of walking tour

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Black Heritage Society will be the beneficiary of the African American History Walking Tour of Providence’s College Hill hosted...
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