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HOUSE SPEAKER CHRISTOPHER R. BLAZEJEWSKI says the guidelines for the new inspector general's office have been set up so the it doesn't violate the state's separation of powers requirements. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CHRISTOPHER ALLEN

R.I.’s inspector general taking shape, with limitations

Just over a month after Gov. Daniel J. McKee signed the fiscal 2027 budget creating Rhode Island’s first Office of Inspector General, government and...

Lists: Executive Compensation in Higher Education

Total 2025 compensation: $17.2 million SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. List researched by Mesj Associates. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists,...

Lists: Rhode Island Employers

Total number of local employees: 102,641 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. List researched by Mesj Associates. For information about participating in PBN’s Top...
TURNAROUND TIME? Brown University Health has recently made leadership changes at Saint Anne’s Hospital in Fall River, which lost $8.9 million in fiscal 2025. The losses have continued in 2026. 
PBN PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

Cross-border toll: Brown Health’s Mass. facilities have lost millions; will it...

When state Rep. Lauren H. Carson saw Brown University Health’s financial performance earlier this year, she was fuming. Rhode Island’s largest health system reported a...
HOLDING POTENTIAL: Pawtucket has narrowed down the proposals for the so-called “Downtown Gateway Project,” the 20 acres of property in the downtown area, including the former Apex department store property at the far right. 
COURTESY CITY OF PAWTUCKET

Apex redevelopment enters critical new phase

After more than six months of review, Pawtucket officials have narrowed six proposals for the former Apex department store property to three finalists, pushing...
CHIARA DELTITO-SHARROTT, executive director of the Rhode Island League of Charter Public Schools, says the moratorium on charter schools will hurt the state's ablility to attract and retain a skilled workforce. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

A ripple effect from charter freeze?

A new three-year charter school moratorium in Rhode Island is raising concerns that it could weaken workforce competitiveness and limit options for families. The measure,...

Lists: Providence Restaurants

Ranked by number of reviews: 1. Los Andres Restaurant with 3,300 reviews 2. Hemenway’s Seafood Grill & Oyster Bar with 1,200 reviews 3. Massimo Ristorante with 1,100...

Lists: Newport Restaurants

Ranked by number of reviews: 1. The Mooring Seafood Kitchen & Bar with 2,600 reviews 2. Midtown Oyster Bar with 1,600 reviews 3. 22 Bowen’s Wine Bar...

Lists: Catering Companies

Total number of local FTE employees: 1,079 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. List researched by Mesj Associates. For information about participating in PBN’s...
NEW WORKSPACE: Peter Gillespie, senior vice president and branch manager for Cross Insurance Inc., stands at the entrance of the company’s new offices at The Foundry in Providence. 
PBN PHOTO/MATTHEW MCNULTY

‘Low supply and low demand’: R.I. office market undergoing ‘repositioning’

On a sunny summer morning at the Foundry in Providence, Cross Insurance Inc. employees move past exposed brick walls and soaring 14-foot ceilings before...
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