Edesia program easy sell
Since its founding, Edesia Inc. has been dependent on public funding to pay for and distribute its products, life-saving peanut-based food that it manufactures...
Hurdles are only as high as you make them
Let me begin by congratulating all of today’s honorees on your outstanding achievements. I would also like to congratulate past honorees on your success....
Taking on debt for schools a good idea only if R.I....
According to a 2016 study, more than 100 debt-issuing entities in the state accounted for a total of more than $10.5 billion in debt...
Detail needed to judge CNE merger value
With the signing of a definitive agreement to affiliate, Care New England and Partners HealthCare of Massachusetts have taken the next step in transforming...
Stop whining about ‘skills gap’
There are about 6.5 million job openings in the U.S., a record high. The number of people looking for work without success is falling...
Flex campus will boost Quonset jobs
Quonset Business Park is Rhode Island’s leading engine of job creation and economic development, with 11,800 jobs and more than 200 companies, but we’re...
Providence should not let past strangle its future potential
By rejecting the Fain Organization’s proposed changes to zoning in the Interstate 195 Redevelopment District, the Providence City Plan Commission seems to be more...
Investing in innovation a good bet
Can $20 million reroute a state’s trajectory? That is the question that the Innovation Campus project seeks to answer.
Using $20 million in voter-approved bond...
Tax sugar-sweetened drinks to fight obesity
Eating too much added sugar has become one of the riskiest health behaviors in the modern world. None too soon, governments are waking up...
Sports betting a win for states’ rights
In an important decision for states’ rights announced May 14, the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed New Jersey to permit sports gambling, both by...
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