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Charles Sims

With partisan feuding, there is a cost to business

Partisan squabbling isn’t just annoying – it’s also bad for business. That’s what my colleagues and I found in a recent study on how uncertainty...

How to ask the right questions

A grandfather once had one of his grandsons over for the night. The next morning, Grandpa prepared two big bowls of oatmeal, his favorite...

Five Questions With: Chris Whitten

Chris Whitten, owner and broker at Premeer Real Estate Inc. in Smithfield, was recently named the 2025 president of the 6,000-member Rhode Island Association...

Five Questions With: Vito D. Buonomano

Vito D. Buonomano is the owner of Providence-based energy company Northeast Solar & Wind Power LLC. He recently launched the Fentanyl Awareness Foundation to...

Five Questions With: Dr. Kalpana Polu

October is recognized as national Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Awareness Month. Dr. Kalpana Polu, chief of adolescent and young adult services at Butler Hospital,...

Was Attorney General Peter F. Neronha right to pursue a yearslong...

Attorney General Peter F. Neronha on Oct. 29 announced that a yearslong probe into Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s role in the awarding of a $5.2...

Five Questions With: Tim Eden

Tim Eden is the founder and managing partner of Starr Capital LLC, which is behind a major housing development on 400 acres of land...

Five Questions With: Carrie Faulkner

October is celebrated as National Physical Therapy Month. Carrie Faulkner, clinical supervisor at the Spaulding Outpatient Center of Kent County Memorial Hospital, spoke with...
JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY next fall will launch its new three-year, in person bachelor's degree program. JWU will be the first higher education institution in the U.S. to launch this initiative. / PBN FILE PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

Should elective classes be eliminated from college degree requirements?

PROVIDENCE – Johnson & Wales University on Oct. 22 announced that it will launch a three-year bachelor’s degree program in four study areas next...

Five Questions With: Tiffany Reed

Tiffany Reed is the chief development officer for United Way of Rhode Island Inc., joining the organization’s senior leadership team this past September. She...
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