Is President Donald Trump right to aggressively move to shrink the federal workforce?
An estimated 50,000 federal employees had accepted a deferred-resignation package offered by the Trump administration before a judge paused a Feb. 6 deadline after...
Center for Women & Enterprise R.I. director leaving organization
PROVIDENCE – Significant leadership changes are occurring with the Center for Women & Enterprise, including at its Rhode Island chapter.
In an emailed note to...
TEDx Talks return to Providence with two record-breaking speakers
PROVIDENCE – TEDx Talks is returning to Rhode Island this weekend with two record-breaking speakers who are generating more early ticket sales compared to...
Echo Village homeless pallet shelters to open Feb. 11
PROVIDENCE – The 45-unit pallet-shelter community to temporarily house some of Rhode Island’s homeless population will finally open Feb. 11 after regulatory issues plagued...
Annual Meeting Street Telethon raises $657K
PROVIDENCE – Meeting Street’s largest annual fundraiser brought in significant money over the weekend to further support the education nonprofit’s operations.
The 49th annual Meeting...
R.I. Foundation, van Beuren Foundation launch new journalism support initiative
PROVIDENCE – Two local foundations that financially support nonprofits are launching a new chapter connected to a national organization to help reinforce journalism in...
New England Tech postpones plans to launch charter school
EAST GREENWICH – Plans for the New England Institute of Technology to launch a new charter school are being put on hold while the...
Will expanded Wavemaker keep teachers in R.I.?
When it was first launched in 2016, the Wavemaker Fellowship was designed to be an incentive to persuade new, highly trained college graduates working...
To grow, simplify
Brian Goldman | Big Blue Bug Solutions CEO
This is a special year for our company. We are celebrating 90 years of serving our community....
With $87.5M lab, URI prepping to expand state’s biotech capability
Some biomedical researchers at the University of Rhode Island may be working toward breakthroughs in cancer studies, environmental health sciences and neuroscience. But sometimes,...
