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THE R.I. STATE COUNCIL on the Arts announced Thursday that 10 local artist organizations received $275,000 in grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.

10 artist organizations receive $275K to support various programming

PROVIDENCE – Eight local arts organizations, a local college and one artist received a total of $275,000 in grants from the National Endowment for...

Pawtucket receives $50M from RIDE for new high school; McCoy demolition set for fall

PAWTUCKET – The city’s school department received a financial boost from the R.I. Department of Education to help finance a new high school set...
THE CRANSTON STREET ARMORY in Providence has been named one of the Providence Preservation Society's 2024 most endangered places. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Providence Preservation Society lists 2024 most endangered places

PROVIDENCE – A prominent city skyscraper, a pair of school buildings and an armory building that has been a subject of developmental controversy over...
BROWN UNIVERSITY has agreed to pay $19.5 million as part of a settlement agreement over allegations that the university and 16 other higher education institutions took part in reducing financial aid for students. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown University to pay $19.5M settlement in price-fixing financial aid lawsuit

PROVIDENCE – Brown University has agreed to pay $19.5 million as part of a settlement in a lawsuit in which the plaintiffs allege that...

Students to demo digital games developed with RIDigi to boost health outcomes

PROVIDENCE – Establishing a health and wellness routine can be a difficult venture. “Gamification” can help change that, say Rhode Island technology and workforce leaders. To demonstrate this concept,...
GREGORY W. BOWMAN, dean of the Roger Williams University School of Law, says the new Institute for Race and Law house programs to better train new attorneys on perspectives of system inequities and improve racial justice. / PBN FILE PHOTO / RUPERT WHITELEY

RWU School of Law to launch Institute for Race and Law

BRISTOL – Close to three years after introducing a new required course for law students on racial issues and the U.S. law, Roger Williams...
LOCAL NONPROFIT GREEN OCEANS and other plaintiffs have filed a lawsuit against multiple federal agencies over recent approvals of two offshore wind projects. / AP FILE PHOTO / MICHAEL DWYER

Local nonprofit Green Oceans suing to overturn wind farm development approvals

LITTLE COMPTON – A local nonprofit organization has filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., against multiple U.S. agencies over...
OLNEYVILLE NEW YORK SYSTEMS INC. will auction off all the pieces of its original 1954 neon sign on Feb. 5, with all proceeds benefiting the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. / COURTESY OLNEYVILLE NEW YORK SYSTEMS INC.

Olneyville New York System to auction 1954 neon sign to support R.I. Food Bank

PROVIDENCE – A local restaurant institution is auctioning off a bit of its history to help support the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. In a...
MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE attended Providence Business News' 2024 Book of Lists Premier Event on Thursday at the Graduate Providence. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN debuts 2024 Book of Lists

PROVIDENCE – More than 200 business and nonprofit representatives spent Thursday evening at the Graduate Providence networking with one another, as well as obtaining...
READY MODE: Kolby Gomes went through pipefitter training through the partnership program operated by General Dynamics Electric Boat and the Community College of Rhode Island as he prepares to start a career with the submarine builder. 
PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Class of their own: More employers partnering with local colleges

Although he had some experience working in construction, Kolby Gomes says learning the ins and outs of pipefitting was like studying a foreign language. But...
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