NAACP Providence president charged with campaign finance violations
PROVIDENCE – A former Providence City Council candidate and newly elected president of the city’s chapter of the NAACP has been charged with violating...
Report: State woefully underfunding tobacco control programs
PROVIDENCE – Once again, the American Lung Association has given Rhode Island a mixed report card on ending tobacco use in the state, including...
Local colleges’ online programs remain among U.S. News’ best
PROVIDENCE – Johnson & Wales University and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s online programs are still ranked high among the best such programs across...
Foulkes, former gubernatorial candidate, named Follette Higher Education’s executive chairwoman
PROVIDENCE – A former business leader who ran for governor this past election year will now shift her attention to national education.
Helena B. Foulkes,...
Vario named Trudeau Center’s new CEO and president
WARWICK – There has been a leadership change at the J. Arthur Trudeau Memorial Center.
The nonprofit that supports individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities...
PBN debuts 2023 Book of Lists at Graduate Providence
PROVIDENCE – Nearly 250 local business and nonprofit representatives gathered Thursday at the Graduate Providence to network with one another during Providence Business News’...
Crossroads to operate unused R.I. BHDDH facility as homeless shelter
PROVIDENCE – An unused property owned by the R.I. Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals at 662 Hartford Ave. will be used...
Five Questions With: Meghan L. Hughes
Meghan L. Hughes, president of the Community College of Rhode Island, was recently elected to serve on the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s board...
Meet the Makers: After 110 years, Goodwin-Bradley still perfecting a pattern of success
(Editor’s note: This is the fifth installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
SCHOOL DAZE: RIC searches for identity amid severe enrollment drop
Erik Christiansen didn’t know much about Rhode Island College when he agreed to take a job teaching history there in 2010.
The Maryland native quickly...
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