Aspen Aerogels sees Q1 losses narrow to $1.8M
NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. – Aspen Aerogels Inc. posted a $1.8 million loss in the first quarter of 2024, an improvement over the $16.8 million loss...
READY AND ABLE: Older workers filling R.I. employment gaps
After 35 years in insurance marketing, the last 20 with Rhode Island-based Amica Mutual Insurance Co. managing multimillion-dollar campaigns, Eduardo Naya tried to retire.
It...
Labor unrest simmers at hospitals
Health care workers across the state are grappling with a mix of low pay and poor working conditions that is driving colleagues away from...
An answer to downtown’s grocery store needs?
The COVID-19 pandemic may have altered the use of downtown districts throughout the country, but two grocery businesses are betting it hasn’t changed the...
Alexander-Scott resigns as head of R.I. Department of Health
PROVIDENCE – After leading the state’s public health response throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott is resigning as director of the Rhode Island...
$40M Rhode Island Ready economic-development initiative unveiled
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Over the last decade, Quonset Business Park’s site-readiness program has created more than 3,500 jobs and approximately $682 million in private...
McKee sending 60 National Guard members to assist Butler Hospital
PROVIDENCE – A policy requiring indoor masking or proof of vaccination is remaining in place throughout the state, as Rhode Island ramps up its...
6 of R.I.’s 10 highest-paid state workers in 2021 employed by...
PROVIDENCE - The University of Rhode Island employed the top two bread winners in the state - and six of the top 10 -...
5 underserved school districts receive $20M in state funding for facilities...
PROVIDENCE – Schools in Central Falls, Woonsocket, Providence, Pawtucket and West Warwick will be receiving a portion of $20 million in funding to help...
Study finds Lifespan-CNE merger would boost R.I. academic medicine industry
PROVIDENCE – An independent study commissioned by Brown University found that Rhode Island trails most of its neighboring states in the academic medicine industry.
According...