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WalletHub: R.I. early childhood education system 5th best in nation

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's early childhood education system is ranked fifth best in the nation, according to a WalletHub analysis released Tuesday. WalletHub, a personal...
THE SOUTHCOAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION has awarded $2.6 million in grants to 21 local organizations through its South Coast Emergency Response Fund.

SouthCoast Community Foundation awards $2.6M to 21 organizations

NEW BEDFORD – The SouthCoast Community Foundation announced Tuesday it has awarded $2.6 million in grants to 21 local nonprofit organizations from the funder’s...
A PRELIMINARY RENDERING shows a new high school in Warwick. The city's school department is planning to construct new high schools to replace both Pilgrim High School and Toll Gate High School. / COURTESY WARWICK PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Warwick planning to build new Toll Gate, Pilgrim high schools

WARWICK – The city’s school department has put together early plans to replace its two aging high schools in the near future, joining the...
BRYANT UNIVERSITY, pictured, along with Providence College will have record first-year enrollments this fall. / COURTESY BRYANT UNIVERSITY

R.I. colleges bucking national enrollment decline trends

PROVIDENCE – Across the country, colleges and universities are seeing fewer and fewer students fill academic halls and dorm rooms over the last few...
SUMMER RETREAT: Families have been traveling to Block Island as a summer retreat for generations, helping ensure steady business at the island’s 35 hotels and its beaches. Revenue from the state’s hotel tax is a major source of income for the island, generating $2.97 million between fiscal years 2007 and 2017.  / PBN PHOTO/K. CURTIS

Kimble-Huntley sees tourism opportunity in ‘customizable experiences’

PROVIDENCE – Anika Kimble-Huntley, chief marketing officer at R.I. Commerce Corp., sees signs of a tourism bounce back in the Ocean State despite ongoing...

New England Tech to launch new digital games institute

EAST GREENWICH – The New England Institute of Technology is set to power on a new initiative to help expand the digital game industry...

Benefits of state’s film tax credit touted during ‘Gilded Age’ event

NEWPORT – At a press conference Tuesday at the Marble House mansion, Julian Fellowes, creator of "The Gilded Age," discussed filming the period drama...
GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE announced Tuesday that 27 local nonprofits received more than $11 million from the state's Consolidated Homeless Fund. / SCREENSHOT VIA WPRI-TV CBS 12

27 homeless-support nonprofits receive $11M from state’s Consolidated Homeless Fund

PROVIDENCE – More than $11 million in local, state and federal funds from the Consolidated Homeless Fund have been allocated to 27 local nonprofit...
THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION has increased the size of the funding pool for its Food and Housing Security grant program and the maximum grant allowed for its Basic Human Needs program each by 50% in order to help nonprofits cope with inflation. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

R.I. Foundation increasing funding opportunities for nonprofits in response to inflation

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation has increased the size of the funding pool for its Food and Housing Security grant program and the...
LAMONT GORDON has been named the new executive director of Providence-based education nonprofit College Visions. / COURTESY COLLEGE VISIONS

College Vision names Gordon new executive director

PROVIDENCE – After a six-month-long national search, College Visions has a new executive director. The education nonprofit announced Tuesday that Lamont Gordon has been named...
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