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.
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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...
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 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.
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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...
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...


















