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Commentary: Businesses must ‘make their voices heard’ on state budget

House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi’s Jan. 8 address at the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce’s Eggs & Issues Breakfast “Shekarchi: No money for...

Five Questions With: Dr. Matthew Oliver

January is recognized as Cervical Cancer Awareness Month to raise awareness about cervical cancer and cervical health. Dr. Matthew Oliver, an oncologist at Women...

Should the state use a lottery system to award new retail...

The R.I. Cannabis Control Commission on Jan. 8 released draft rules and regulations governing the state’s adult-use cannabis industry. The unanimous vote started a minimum...
Jason Albuquerque

Cyber Sessions: RIBridges should be a wake-up call for everyone

(Editor’s note: This is the 29th installment of a monthly column on the growing number of cyberthreats facing businesses of all sizes and what...

Five Questions With: Lindsay Pettinelli

Lindsay Pettinelli is a Realtor, property manager and general contractor based in Providence, working since 2021 as a real estate associate for Churchill &...

Five Questions With: Dr. Thomas Wold

January is recognized as National Blood Donor Month, but across the country and in Rhode Island, there is an urgent need for blood donors....

What should planned January legislative hearings on the Washington Bridge shutdown...

House and Senate Democratic leaders say they want to hold January oversight hearings on the Washington Bridge failure. House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi told PBN...
Heather Boujoulian

Boujoulian becomes first woman to lead RWU board of trustees

HEATHER BOUJOULIAN, a Roger Williams University alumna and managing director and head of development at Boston-based real estate firm Berkshire Residential Investments, was recently...
Debra Lam

How cities are reinventing the public-private partnership

Cities tackle a vast array of responsibilities – from building transit networks to running schools – and sometimes they can use a little help....
Mike Raia

R.I.’s nonprofits can’t go silent in uncertain times

Rhode Island’s nonprofit sector is facing a double threat: a looming state budget deficit as American Rescue Plan Act and Inflation Reduction Act funds...
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