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Five Questions With: Michael F. Sweeney

Financial Services 06/15/2023

Michael F. Sweeney is the president and co-founding shareholder of Duffy & Sweeney Ltd., a boutique business law firm headquartered in Providence. Sweeney leads the...

State announces up to $635K in latest round of Take It...

Economy 06/13/2023

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s Take It Outside initiative is awarding seven grants to promote outdoor commercial activities, Gov. Daniel J. McKee announced Tuesday. The grants,...

PROVIDENCE CITY COUNCILWOMAN HELEN ANTHONY is recovering and in stable condition after being hit by a van in California on June 10. COURTESY FRIENDS OF HELEN ANTHONY

Providence councilwoman ‘stable’ after being hit by a van in Calif.

Government 06/13/2023

PROVIDENCE – City Councilwoman Helen Anthony is reportedly in stable condition after she was struck by a van while hiking in northern California. Anthony is...

SouthCoast Wind CEO: Offshore project not ‘economically and financially viable’

Economic Activity 06/12/2023

PROVIDENCE – The CEO of SouthCoast Wind Energy LLC was grilled for more than two hours on Monday and repeatedly asked why the company...

Five Questions With: James ‘Jamie’ Hilton

Financial Services 06/09/2023

Planning for retirement can be overwhelming. It can be even more formidable for owners to leave the businesses they have built. James “Jamie” Hilton...

IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT: Frederick Reinhardt, CEO and president of Greenwood Credit Union, says more people were turning to Greenwood and other credit unions for auto loans as interest rates changed over the last year.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Suddenly, auto loans popular at credit unions

Economy 06/09/2023

Frederick Reinhardt immediately noticed something was up – way up – last year shortly after the Federal Reserve began hiking interest rates from nearly...

Report: Life sciences industry has room to grow in R.I.

Economic Activity 06/07/2023

PROVIDENCE – A $45 million investment to jump-start the Ocean State's position in the booming life sciences industry was left intact when the House Finance...

Navigant announces proposed merger with Postal Government Employees FCU

Business Services 06/06/2023

SMITHFIELD – Navigant Credit Union announced on Tuesday it intends to merge with the Providence-headquartered Postal Government Employees Federal Credit Union. Navigant will subsume...

THE FORMER Elderwood nursing home in East Providence closed in May 2022, one of numerous nursing homes in Rhode Island to shutter under financial difficulties since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Nursing homes not hopeful relief coming from state leaders

Economy 06/02/2023

With only a month left in the legislative session, state leaders appear no closer to solving the unprecedented crisis facing Rhode Island’s nursing homes. Bleeding...