Are you satisfied with Providence Mayor Brett P. Smiley’s handling of...
This summer Providence plans to remove a two-way bike lane on South Water Street and replace it with an “urban trail” for pedestrians and...
Five Questions With: Michael Sroczynski
Michael Sroczynski | President, Hospital Association of Rhode Island
1. What do you see as the greatest challenge facing Rhode Island’s health care system?...
TV lessons in the value of palliative care
When the television show “ER” debuted in 1994, it defined how millions of Americans came to understand emergency medicine. We saw fast-paced scenes, young...
Resurgence of measles is a grim sign of what’s coming
In the three decades between 1993 and 2024, measles in the U.S. was relatively rare – a few hundred cases each year, at most.
As...
Brown named president of Rhode Island Veterinary Medical Association
DR. HOLLY BROWN was recently appointed president of the Rhode Island Veterinary Medical Association. A longtime veterinarian, Brown will lead the 250-member organization dedicated...
Compliments can go a long way
I read a story in the Washington Post about 9-year-old Ethan Wargo, who set up a “compliments stand” in the front yard of his...
Five Questions With: Thomas Sweeney
Thomas Sweeney is principal of Sweeney Real Estate & Appraisal. A graduate of Providence College, Sweeney is a certified general appraiser, a real estate...
Is boosting R.I.’s reliance on wind power crucial to lowering local...
Revolution Wind is sending power to New England’s electric grid, the developer said March 13.
Orsted A/S says the wind farm, located 15 miles off...
Five Questions With: Al Spagnolo
Al Spagnolo is chairman of architecture firm SGA. Raised in Providence, he founded the firm in 1991 and has been involved in a range...
Our workforce behaves like a system, everything is connected
After participating as a panelist at Providence Business News’ 2026 Workforce Development Summit last month, one realization became clear: The workforce is not something we can manage, it behaves like a system.
When...
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