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Five Questions With: Marc Crisafulli

Marc Crisafulli became the chairperson of the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission this year, after serving on the commission since 2019, following his retirement as...

Should Rhode Island boost to 15% its minimum share of government...

Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s fiscal 2024 budget plan includes a request for $123,000 for additional enforcement of minimum standards for government contracting awarded to...

Five Questions With: Tom Fitzgerald

Tom Fitzgerald is senior vice president and director of the franchise banking division for Bank Rhode Island. He has more than 20 years of...
INSPIRED TO HELP: Saikon Gbehan Isijola, owner of the Law Office of Saikon Gbehan LLC in Providence, launched the business in 2010 to represent and advocate for people from “communities that are disadvantaged, disenfranchised or under-resourced.”
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She’s motivated to balance the scales of justice for people of...

(Editor’s note: This is the 31st installment in a monthly series ­speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
Désirée Lim

The ethics of homeownership in an age of inequality

For many Americans today, homeownership is an unattainable dream. In 2022, the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose to 7% for the first time in...
Helena B. Foulkes

Foulkes appointed executive chair of Follett Higher Education Group board

HELENA B. FOULKES, a former executive for CVS Health Corp. and former CEO of Hudson’s Bay Co., was recently appointed as executive chairwoman of...
Ludvig Wier

Corporate use of tax havens skyrocketing

About a decade ago, the world’s biggest economies agreed to crack down on multinational corporations’ abusive use of tax havens. This resulted in a...

Five Questions With: Victoria Heimer-McGinn

Victoria Heimer-McGinn is the co-founder and co-chair of Brain Week Rhode Island. The initiative aims to share the wealth of neuroscience research that supports...

Five Questions With: Caroline Bertram

Caroline Bertram is a sports concussion physical therapist at University Orthopedics’ new Sports Concussion Rehabilitation Center. Holding a doctorate of physical therapy degree, Bertram...

Should the General Assembly expand gambling in the state by approving...

Bally’s Corp. on Feb. 16 said it will ask state lawmakers to approve iGaming, which would allow residents and visitors to play slots and...
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