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Blount Fine Foods seeks to move corporate office to R.I. 

PROVIDENCE – Blount Fine Foods Corp. is requesting state tax incentives to move its corporate headquarters across the border from Massachusetts into Rhode Island.  Spokesperson...

Businesses seek red tape reform, as tax relief unlikely in 2026...

CRANSTON – With his $14.2 billion spending proposal for fiscal year 2026 set to be vetted by the General Assembly, Gov. Daniel J. McKee...
RHODE ISLAND’S seasonally adjusted unemployment in December was 4.6%, unchanged since August, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training says. / AP FILE PHOTO/LYNNE SLADKY 

R.I. monthly unemployment stays at 4.6% in December

CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in December was 4.6%, remaining unchanged since August, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training said...

Hasbro HQ vs. RIPTA funding: What’s at stake under a potential...

While Gov. Daniel J. McKee pledged to not raise taxes during his 2025 State of the State address, a crowd of progressive advocates gathered...

Textron’s annual profit down 10.6% in 2024

PROVIDENCE – Textron Inc. on Wednesday reported that its net income for 2024 was $824 million, down 10.6% from the $922 million one year...
PRYSMIAN GROUP is not moving forward with its plans to build a new cable manufacturing plant at Brayton Point in Somerset.

Prysmian Group not moving forward with new cable plant at Brayton...

SOMERSET – Plans for a new cable manufacturing plant at the site of a former power plant on Brayton Point have been scrapped. A Prysmian...
LOCAL BUSINESS OFFICIALS gather Thursday at the Graduate by Hilton Providence in Providence for Providence Business News' 2025 Book of Lists Premier. / PBN PHOTO / MIKE SKORSKI

PBN unveils 2025 Book of Lists

PROVIDENCE – Approximately 240 business and nonprofit representatives spent Thursday evening at the Graduate by Hilton Providence networking and conversing, while obtaining copies of...

Lardaro: R.I.’s economic momentum showed signs of fading in November

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s economic momentum showed signs of fading in November, University of Rhode Island economist and professor Leonard Lardaro said Wednesday in...
THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND Research Foundation and Polaris MEP have received a $3.9 million federal Good Jobs Challenge grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration to support the local entities’ Ocean Tech Works initiative.

URI Research/Polaris MEP’s ‘Ocean Tech Works’ initiative receives $3.9M federal grant

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island Research Foundation and Polaris MEP have received a $3.9 million federal Good Jobs Challenge grant from...
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