RIPEC: State spends heavily on K-12 education, but student results lag
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranks among the nation’s highest-spending states on public K-12 education, yet student achievement remains near the national average and significant...
Centreville Bank foundation awards record $67,500 in scholarships
WEST WARWICK – The Centreville Bank Charitable Foundation awarded a record $67,500 in scholarships to 18 students across Rhode Island and Connecticut this year,...
PBN unveils 2026 Leaders & Achievers honorees
PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News has named 24 honorees for its 2026 Leaders & Achievers Awards program.
The individuals chosen for this year’s program –...
Mitchell named executive director of RISD’s post-grad initiative
PROVIDENCE – Joanne Mitchell has been named inaugural executive director of RISD Ready!, a new student readiness initiative at the Rhode Island School of...
Blue Cross, Hasbro named to 2026 Civic 50 list
PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and Hasbro Inc. have again been recognized as two of the 50 most community-minded companies in...
R.I. Commerce Corp. accepting Wavemaker Fellowship applications until July 31
PROVIDENCE – Applications are now being accepted for the state’s Wavemaker Fellowship program, a student-loan reimbursement program for graduates in certain fields that aims...
PBN unveils 2026 Healthiest Employers of Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE – Twenty-seven organizations have been named as honorees in Providence Business News’ 2026 Healthiest Employers of Rhode Island Awards program.
All the honorees for...
Meet the Makers: Myrth Ceramics looks to scale up
(Editor’s note: This is the 46th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
Junior Achievement of R.I. launches JA Maritime pilot program for K-12 students
Today’s second graders will enter the workforce in about 10 years, but growing up to make a living by building an advanced military submarine...
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