Brace for abrupt shifts in legalized cannabis market
In the cannabis market, nothing is simple, says Seth Bock, founder and CEO of Greenleaf Compassionate Care Center Inc. in Portsmouth. The legalization of...
How to control cannabis in workplace remains tricky
The newly legalized status of recreational cannabis is causing a stir among some Rhode Island employers that are wrestling with developing workplace policies and...
PBN summit: R.I. cannabis industry to face interstate competition, but ‘we’re...
WARWICK – By the end of the year, Rhode Island officials expect seven retail outlets will have begun selling recreational cannabis, said Matthew Santacroce,...
Babineau: ‘It is going to take us years to rebuild’
The COVID-19 pandemic left Rhode Island’s health care industry a shell of its former self, with a staffing crisis that continues to have massive...
Panel: ARPA funds can help mend health safety net
Lindsay Lang sees trouble coming in maintaining health insurance for some Rhode Islanders, and she wants state lawmakers to act before it’s too late.
Lang,...
PBN Summit: Lifespan, CNE explore a partnership short of full merger
PROVIDENCE – The proposed unification of Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System may have been rejected by the Federal Trade Commission and...
PBN summit panel: Companies need to fine-tune their perks
In today’s job market, companies that hold strictly to pre-pandemic work expectations, such as rigid schedules and full-time office hours, tend to struggle to...
Business leaders encourage flexibility, creativity to meet workforce needs
PROVIDENCE — With employers in nearly every industry reporting recruitment and retention as among their largest challenges – if not the largest – employers...
Plenty of challenges ahead, but which to solve first?
Inflation. Supply chain bottlenecks. Worker shortages.
The pandemic-induced fires are spreading fast, and companies are struggling to figure out which ones to put out first.
Local...
Economist: Inflation isn’t going to fade soon
To those grappling with skyrocketing prices, Thomas Tzitzouris has bad news: price hikes aren’t going away anytime soon.
Inflation will continue to be the story...
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