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RIDEM awards $1M in Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure grants

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management has awarded more than $1 million in Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure grants to four local organizations...

Judge rules DOGE’s USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution

WASHINGTON (AP) – The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development likely violated the Constitution, a federal judge ruled Tuesday as he indefinitely...

Lardaro: January troubling for R.I.’s economy

PROVIDENCE – January was troubling for Rhode Island’s economy, University of Rhode Island economist and professor Leonard Lardaro said Monday in his monthly Current Conditions...

SEC filing of the week: Pangaea Logistics ends 2024 with a...

NEWPORT – Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. earned a profit of $29 million for 2024, a 10% increase from $26.3 million a year ago.  In its...

R.I. monthly unemployment rises to 4.6% in January

CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in January was 4.6%, up from the revised 4.5% rate in December, the R.I. Department of...
MICHELLE A. REDDISH, left, administrator for the R.I. Cannabis Commission, speaks at Providence Business News' The Business of Cannabis Summit at the Providence Marriott on Thursday. Also on the panel is, from left, Benjamin L. Rackliffe, partner of Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC; Sasha Gorski, co-owner of Talaria LLC; and Ronald Crosson II, executive director of Urban Ventures Inc. and chairman and so­cial equity officer of the R.I. Cannabis Advisory Board. PBN Editor Michael Mello, standing, moderates. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI 

PBN summit: Past missteps, current limbo still hampering legal cannabis sector

PROVIDENCE – In some ways, challenges facing Rhode Island’s legal cannabis industry were born from decisions made years ago. The panel discussion during Providence Business...

IYRS announces Glo Tech Scholarship Fund to spur women in marine...

NEWPORT – The IYRS School of Technology & Trades has announced the establishment of the Glo Tech Scholarship Fund that will support female graduates of...
TABLE GAMES: Tracey Beck, co-owner and chief operating officer of The Beck Cos., shows off a shuffleboard table and a pool table, both designed and built by Great American Recreation Equipment Inc., one of six companies under The Beck Cos. umbrella that produces its products at the manufacturer’s 85,000-square-foot facility in North Smithfield.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Meet the Makers: Cross-training key to success of The Beck Cos.

(Editor’s note: This is the 30th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...

REGENT signs joint venture to manufacture seagliders in Abu Dhabi

NORTH KINGSTOWN – REGENT Craft has signed an initial deal to manufacture its all-electric seagliders in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.  The joint venture with...

Report: Hasbro’s potential HQ move could be announced by week’s end

PAWTUCKET – An announcement on Hasbro Inc.’s potential move to Massachusetts may be imminent.  WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported Wednesday that officials in Pawtucket are expecting...
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