Decision on LNG lost opportunity for region
Hess LNG’s decision last week to abandon plans for a liquefied natural gas terminal in Weaver’s Cove in Fall River is a lost economic...
Historic tax credit deserves second look
At what cost economic development? It’s a question Rhode Island and other states have been grappling with for years during budget crises when talk...
Manufacturing’s demise exaggerated
With apologies to Mark Twain, reports of the slow death of Rhode Island’s manufacturing industry appear to have been exaggerated.
The local industry is not...
Women leaders have key roles to play
While many women are high achievers in the world of business – one need only look at PBN’s annual Business Women Awards program to...
State blood center goes with the flow
The Rhode Island Blood Center, born in 1978, moved into its current, cramped quarters 25 years ago. But now a long-overdue expansion, estimated to...
What’s the holdup on pension reform?
When 94 percent of Rhode Islanders agree on anything, the issue demands scrutiny. In this case, last week’s poll on PBN.com asked whether the...
Six airports a luxury R.I. cannot afford
The R.I. Airport Corporation’s president and CEO, Kevin Dillon, is trying to make the best of a bad situation. RIAC is responsible for the...
Chafee must change corporate tax plan
Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee’s fiscal 2012 budget proposal contains a number of ill-considered changes to corporate taxation.
The plan would:
• Eliminate the Jobs Development Act...
Airing pension abuse a must for R.I. health
Five years ago a whistleblower’s call to a company hotline brought about the downfall of The Beacon Mutual Insurance Co.’s board chairman and CEO,...
Chafee plan trims incentive to grow
Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee’s four major proposed changes to corporate taxes deserve the same scrutiny – and reaction – as his sales tax plan....
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