Duo serves up wellness with zero waste
Ana Duque and Karen Mejias discovered the need to merge their business ventures to create a bigger impact and survive amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The...
Mask mandate is over; divide endures
The state may have ended its COVID-19 mask mandate, but now some consumers are making decisions on where to spend their money based on...
Weekly U.S. jobless claims rise for the first time in a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week following three straight weeks of declines.
Jobless claims rose by 23,000 to 248,000 for...
U.S. could see a century’s worth of sea rise in just...
America's coastline will see sea levels rise in the next 30 years by as much as they did in the entire 20th century, with...
January wholesale inflation surged 9.7% from a year ago
WASHINGTON (AP) – Wholesale inflation in the United States surged again last month, rising 9.7% from a year earlier in a sign that price...
Restaurant owners score victory with passage of legislation
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Hospitality Association scored a victory on Thursday as state lawmakers approved passage of two bills that permanently allow restaurants...
U.S. inflation jumped 7.5% in the past year, a 40-year high
WASHINGTON (AP) – Inflation soared over the past year at its highest rate in four decades, hammering America's consumers, wiping out pay raises and...
BLS: 16,000 R.I. workers quit in November, up 60% year over...
PROVIDENCE - Anthony Tarro doesn’t have to wrack his brain to recall the last time a worker quit.
It was five days ago - a...
Fishermen sue to end industry-funded monitoring program
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A group of fishing companies in New England is bringing its bid to try to end industry-funded monitoring programs to...
Dining Out: Let’s not forget the ‘open’ signs
Two thousand nine hundred seventy-nine restaurants did not go out of business in Rhode Island this week.
This bit of news from restaurant row may...