In R.I., there’s an uncertainty over food halls
When Providence’s Capital Center Commission approved design plans for what a Providence developer called “Rhode Island’s first food hall” at the Union Station building,...
EYES ON THE PRIZE: 2 key R.I. sectors could get $100M...
Ian Estaphan Owen launched a marine robotics company less than two years ago with the aim of helping combat the effects of climate change.
But...
Newport’s rental ban tries to strike balance between tourism and residents
With a recent ban on short-term home rentals in residential neighborhoods, Newport has joined the wave of tourist destinations attempting to strike a balance...
Pleas to fix R.I.’s ‘broken’ behavioral health system
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, treatment providers, advocates and lawmakers are calling for Rhode Island to confront its problems with access to...
Brown’s prescription: Will latest failed merger end the university’s bid for...
The dream, as Brown University leaders described it, included Providence’s Jewelry District filled with biotech companies spun off from discoveries made by an “integrated...
New nonstop flights have R.I. tourism leaders salivating
Iftikhar Ahmad sees dollar signs in the winding security lines and crowds clumped around conveyor belts of suitcases at Rhode Island T.F. Green International...
More candidates take virtual route
From YouTube announcements to Twitter fundraising, Rhode Island political candidates are embracing virtual campaigning with gusto as the 2022 election season gains momentum.
That doesn’t...
PREPPING FOR AN IMPACT: Parlange sees ‘crucial role’ for URI research...
(Editor’s note: This is the fifth installment in an occasional series of interviews with the state’s new wave of higher education leaders.)
Marc B. Parlange...
Structural challenges can make waterfront development difficult endeavor in R.I.
A proposed six-story, 52-room Riverview Hotel in Providence was abandoned after the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council denied a requested variance on a 0.28-acre...
Legislative proposal stirs up shoreline dispute
A special legislative commission recently reached a consensus on a potential solution to a decadeslong conflict over shoreline access in Rhode Island, but a...
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