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Utilidata raises $26.75M for electric grid project

PROVIDENCE – Utilidata Inc., which develops software for the energy industry, announced Tuesday it has raised $26.75 million to support the development and deployment...

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...
WHAT CHEER FLOWER FARM'S idea to help school children cope with stresses through flowers won a $50,000 prize in the United Way of Rhode Island’s and Social Enterprise Greenhouse’s 2021 Nonprofit Innovation Lab. From left, Emily Lucas, Family Service of Rhode Island’s AmeriCorps site supervisor; Samantha Stringfellow Mary E. Fogarty Elementary School, assistant vice principal; Destenie Vital, What Cheer Flower Farm executive director; Joyce Leven, FSRI community development director; Harley Van Dunk, Fogarty school counselor; and Matthew Lemay, FSRI AmeriCorps team leader, helped deliver flowers to Fogarty Elementary School in Providence. / COURTESY WHAT CHEER FLOWER FARM

What Cheer’s flower school education idea wins $50K in Nonprofit Innovation...

PROVIDENCE – More often than not, Destenie Vital, What Cheer Flower Farm’s executive director, would be out and about delivering flowers to help needy...
THE R.I. TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY voted unanimously to charge tolls on the Sakonnet River Bridge. / COURTESY THE R.I. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Group seeks barriers to prevent suicides from major bridges

A suicide prevention advocacy group in Rhode Island is calling on the agency that operates and maintains the state's major bridges to put up...
HASBRO INC. posted a $428.7 million profit in 2021, a 93% increase from 2020. COURTESY HASBRO INC.

Hasbro posts $428.7M profit in 2021

PAWTUCKET – Hasbro Inc. earned a $428.7 million profit in 2021, a 93% increase year over year, the company reported on Monday. Revenue totaled $6.42...

401 Tech Bridge, Polaris MEP to launch new prototype to production...

PORTSMOUTH — Whether a company is a startup or an established business, a misunderstanding of manufacturing, engineering and commercialization processes can hamper the launch...

Frontier offers $3B for Spirit low-cost airline tie-up

PROVIDENCE (AP) — Frontier is offering to buy Spirit Airlines in a $2.9 billion cash-and-stock deal that will create the nation's fifth largest carrier. The...
CRANSTON ORAL SURGEON Stephen Skoly, who made headlines last year for refusing to get vaccinated for COVID-19, has filed a federal lawsuit against Gov. Daniel J. McKee and Dr. James McDonald, interim director of the Department of Health. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND CENTER FOR FREEDOM AND PROSPERITY

Cranston oral surgeon sues McKee, RIDOH director over vaccine mandate

PROVIDENCE – A Cranston oral surgeon who defied Rhode Island’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers is now suing the governor and his...
CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 654 on Thursday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 654, with 13 new deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 654, with 13 deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Friday.   However, hospitalizations,...

Providence ranked 8th-worst startup city in U.S.

PROVIDENCE – Providence was ranked the eighth-worst startup city in the U.S., according to recent data compiled by Clever Real Estate. Data showed Providence has...
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