Do you agree with the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council that state...
An over-reliance on low-productivity industry sectors and government spending has the state’s economy significantly lagging the rest of the nation, the Rhode Island Public...
Teknor Apex partners in new 75M euro investment fund with OSS...
PAWTUCKET – Teknor Apex Co. is partnering in a new 75-million-euro investment fund, or $87.8 million, in collaboration with OSS Ventures aimed to scale proven industrial...
Quonset secures previously revoked $11M grant for port infrastructure improvements
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Rhode Island has re-secured a delayed $11.25 million in funding for infrastructure improvements at Quonset Business Park's Port of Davisville.
The funding...
Textron reports 6% Q1 profit boost; will separate industrial segment
PROVIDENCE – Textron Inc. on Thursday reported first-quarter profit of $220 million and announced its intent to separate its industrial segment.
The first-quarter profit was...
R.I. monthly unemployment rises to 4.7% in March
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in March was 4.7%, up from 4.6% in February, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training...
General Dynamics posts $1.13B Q1 profit
NORTH KINGSTOWN – General Dynamics Corp. logged a $1.13 billion profit in the first quarter of 2026, a 13.2% increase year over year, the aerospace and defense...
RIPEC: Rhode Island’s economy losing ground
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island economy has lost ground over the past decade due to an over-reliance on low-productivity industry sectors and government spending,...
McGaw pushes for legislation prohibiting plastic-waste processing plants
PROVIDENCE – Rep. Michelle E. McGaw, D-Portsmouth, is calling on the General Assembly to advance her legislation aimed at prohibiting high-heat plastic-waste processing facilities in...
Leaning on fewer people for more revenue is risky for R.I.
I spend a lot of time walking factory floors, sitting with founders and shaking hands with people trying to build something in Rhode Island.
Not once in those conversations...
Meet the Makers: Copper shop revives Gilded Age craft for modern...
(Editor’s note: This is the 44th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
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