BankRI awards $120,700 in grant funding to 43 Rhode Island nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island has awarded $120,700 in grants to 43 nonprofits statewide, backing programs that serve communities across the Ocean State, the...
World’s heaviest green squash on display at zoo’s Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular
PROVIDENCE – Elephants won’t be the only heavyweights at Roger Williams Park Zoo this fall. With a nod to flora as well as fauna,...
Report: Zero R.I. communities now meet affordable housing standards
PROVIDENCE – In recent years, just one Rhode Island community offered affordable housing options to renters making a median salary. This year, not a...
Was the R.I. Ethics Commission right to tighten limits on gifts...
The R.I. Ethics Commission voted to place stricter limits on gifts that public officials can take from lobbyists. But a second vote raised the...
HOSPITAL MAKEOVERS: Health systems look for shot in the arm from...
The administrative wing of The Miriam Hospital on Providence’s East Side is a mess these days, and hospital President Maria Ducharme couldn’t be happier...
New law requires many nonprofits to reveal salaries of top executives
A 2023 audit by the inspector general at the U.S. Department of Justice found significant deficiencies in financial management by the Pawtucket nonprofit Blackstone...
Dieter to chair R.I. chapter of Environmental Business Council of New...
CHRISTINE E. DIETER, a partner at the Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP law firm in Providence, was recently named chairperson of the Environmental Business...
‘Demand for skilled workers is … exceptionally high.’
Construction careers are lucrative and rewarding, but recent trends suggest fewer people are pursuing these careers. In our experience, however, demand for access into...
‘There is a way out’ of mental illness; treatment demand growing...
Rivka Reynolds was a longtime activities director for an agency serving people with dementia when a post-traumatic stress disorder forced her to stop working...
R.I.’s newest attraction: Westerly Museum of American Impressionism opens
WESTERLY – A new museum opened Thursday that will have an impression on the state art’s scene.
The Westerly Museum of American Impressionism, founded by...
