PBN names 2025 Best Places to Work honorees
PROVIDENCE – Sixty-four honorees have been named by Providence Business News for its 2025 Best Places to Work Awards program.
Each of the companies and...
R.I. monthly unemployment climbs to 4.8% in March
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in March was 4.8%, up from 4.7% in February, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training...
R.I. Cannabis Commission approves adult-use industry regulations
WARWICK – The R.I. Cannabis Control Commission has approved its long-awaited draft rules and regulations governing the state’s adult-use industry.
Effective May 1, the approval...
Lardaro: R.I. entered a ‘growth recession’ in February
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island entered a "growth recession" in February, University of Rhode Island economist and professor Leonard Lardaro said Monday in his monthly...
Local businesses on tariffs: ‘We’ve got uncertainty in spades’
BRISTOL – On Wednesday, after President Donald Trump paused his planned implementation of country-by-country tariffs for 90 days, there was some semblance of relief...
Amo highlights R.I.’s blue economy during Subcommittee on Environment hearing
PROVIDENCE – The Subcommittee on Environment on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held its first hearing of the year on March 26,...
Venture capital firm selected to manage life science startup incubator
PROVIDENCE – Chicago-based Portal Innovations LLC has been selected to manage Ocean State Labs, the state's first life science startup incubator being built in...
R.I. has highest Feb. unemployment rate in New England
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's 4.7% unemployment rate for February is the highest in New England and well above the national rate of 4.1%, according...
Meet the Makers: Hausers keep family tradition of Swiss chocolate making...
(Editor’s note: This is the 31st installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
Hinkley Yachts unveils Hinkley 41 model
PORTSMOUTH – Hinkley Yachts, a subsidiary of the Hinkley Co., has released its newest luxury yacht, which the company called an “expression of precision,...
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