Five Questions With: Isaac Stoner
Isaac Stoner is the newly appointed CEO of MindImmune Therapeutics, a University of Rhode Island spinout company working to develop novel treatments for Alzheimer’s...
Can Rhode Island businesses afford to keep raising the minimum wage...
Since 2018, Rhode Island has raised its minimum wage seven times, totaling a 39% increase.
The state’s minimum wage will rise again on New Year’s...
This is one big opportunity for affordable housing
The shortage of affordable housing in Rhode Island and the South Coast region of Massachusetts is a challenge that lawmakers, businesses and state agencies...
ELISHA Project director awarded Murray Family Prize for Community Enrichment
GEORGE ORTIZ, co-founder and executive director of The ELISHA Project, has been awarded the 2025 Murray Family Prize for Community Enrichment by the Rhode...
Everything begins with an idea
In 1930, a Hungarian inventor named Laszlo Jozsef Biro saw some children playing with balls in the water. He noticed that the balls left...
Online holiday shopping advice: check the return policies
’Tis the season for giving – and that means ’tis the season for shopping. Maybe you’ll splurge on a deal, thinking, “I’ll just return...
Who wins and who loses as U.S. retires the penny
By now, Americans know the strange math of minting: Each penny costs about 4 cents to make. Chances are you have some in a...
DAIP, future of equity at risk
For more than 15 years, Diversity & Inclusion Professionals Inc. has been Rhode Island’s statewide anchor for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. We’ve been...
Five Questions With: Gary Roberts
Gary Roberts has been a sales associate at Mott & Chace Sotheby's International Realty for nearly eight years as part of the Soby-Roberts Team....
How committed are you to shopping local this holiday season?
Black Friday spending is projected to be down from recent years as shoppers look to rein in spending, at least at the start of...


















