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New clean-energy incentives not enough

The Inflation Reduction Act is stuffed with subsidies for everything from electric vehicles to heat pumps, and incentives for just about every form of...

Five Questions With: Jim Paolucci

Jim Paolucci, of Warwick, is an active member of the community that includes volunteering with the Warwick Police Department, serving on the Warwick Board...

Five Questions With: Peter A. Rinaudo

Peter A. Rinaudo was recently named vice president and commercial lending officer for HarborOne Bank. He comes to HarborOne after 12 years as a...

Five Questions With: Dr. Vijairam Selvaraj

Dr. Vijairam Selvaraj, a hospitalist at The Miriam Hospital, is senior editor of the Brown Journal of Hospital Medicine, an online publication launched in April. The...
A MOTORIST PULLS into an open parking spot along Empire Street in downtown Providence on one recent afternoon. PBN PHOTO

Do concerns about parking deter you from patronizing businesses located in...

Parking has always been a source of complaints in Providence. For people accustomed to driving to a suburban shopping plaza, they're used to finding...

Five Questions With: Joseph Roch

A third-generation Realtor and appraiser from Coventry, Joseph Roch was raised in Rhode Island but pursued his postgraduate education at Trinity College in Dublin....

Five Questions With: Dr. Francois Luks 

Dr. Francois Luks, pediatric surgeon-in-chief at Hasbro Children’s Hospital, used his talents as an artist for the basis of his new book, titled “MedSpeak...
A WORKER AT Mammoth Inc., one of the state’s licensed cannabis cultivators, tends to the marijuana plants at its Warwick location. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Is it OK for local officials to decide for voters whether...

Voters in 31 Rhode Island communities will decide on Nov. 8 whether to allow the sale or cultivation of recreational marijuana in their communities. Elected...

Five Questions With: Dr. Paul Akerman

Dr. Paul Akerman, a gastroenterologist at University Gastroenterology LLC, is among the physicians at the practice to use the Virgo platform, a system that...

Gulf of Mexico is the place for offshore turbines

With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which contains $370 billion for climate and energy programs, policy experts are forecasting a big expansion...
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