R.I. Foundation study: Minority-owned businesses still lacking in state
PROVIDENCE – While the minority population in Rhode Island is increasing, the number of minority-owned businesses in the Ocean State still lag behind the...
Pandemic causing shifts in R.I. union membership
Rhode Island remains one of the most unionized states in the country, but the percentage of union members among its workforce dropped from 17.8%...
Lifespan’s Duquette named 2022 Career Achiever for PBN’s C-Suite Awards program
PROVIDENCE – Cathy Duquette, executive vice president of quality and safety and chief nursing executive for Lifespan Corp., has been named the 2022 Career...
Ned Johnson, who made Fidelity a fund titan, dies at 91
NEW YORK (AP) – Edward "Ned" Johnson III, a businessman who grew Fidelity Investments into the financial giant it is today, has died. He...
R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 153, with 2 deaths
PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 153, with two new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Thursday.
Hospitalizations of...
Gas, sales tax holidays clear Conn. legislature
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut will temporarily suspend its 25-cent-per-gallon excise tax on gasoline after a bipartisan vote by state lawmakers Wednesday in an...
R.I. unemployment dips to 3.9% in Feb.; 3,200 nonfarm jobs gained
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s economic recovery continued in February, with the monthly unemployment rate dipping three-tenths of a percentage point to 3.9%, the R.I....
R.I. launches ‘Let It Out’ student mental health campaign
PAWTUCKET – State elected and education officials on Thursday launched a new mental health campaign that seeks to address mental health needs for students...
American weekly jobless claims at lowest level since 1969
WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week fell to its lowest level in 52 years as the U.S....
New ‘hub’ will support R.I.’s disadvantaged small businesses
PROVIDENCE – A new small-business hub expected to be open by early next year will focus on minority-and women-owned businesses, says Nina Pande, executive...
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