Convention bookings in R.I. looking brighter
The recent Rhode Island Comic Con that drew tens of thousands of people to downtown Providence over three days is the latest sign of...
MEET THE MAKERS: A growth story that contains millions of die-cast...
(Editor’s note: This is the second installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
MONEY MATTERS: $400M in bond issues on R.I. ballot as borrowing...
Matt Dunn and Rainer Lohmann are among the top researchers at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, but it’s tough to...
31 communities facing the cannabis question: Allow sales or not?
The way the state law legalizing recreational cannabis is written, it’s easier for cities and towns to allow the sale of marijuana in their...
Do limits on student renters ease housing dilemma?
A proposal to limit the number of student renters per apartment in Providence has sparked fears that such a move would exacerbate the severe...
A GROWING WORKFORCE: New labor pipeline emerging for legalized recreational cannabis
Celia Kinneary entered Johnson & Wales University’s culinary program with a grand vision of opening her own bakery and brewery someday, but now those...
R.I. firm facing tidal wave of suits over hernia mesh
At first, Paul Trevino’s hernia surgery was considered a success.
A polypropylene mesh made by the Rhode Island company Davol Inc., a C.R. Bard Inc....
SINKING SPIRITS: Slowed supply chains, inflation, labor shortage are sapping optimism
There’s only so long you can keep your chin up.
After a 2½-year battle against health and economic devastation, Rhode Island companies have been beaten...
1st mobile unit deployed in R.I.’s addiction fight
John Hayes literally has a front-row seat to the widening demographics of opioid addiction.
He’s a driver of CODAC Behavioral Healthcare’s new mobile clinic, a...
An answer to downtown’s grocery store needs?
The COVID-19 pandemic may have altered the use of downtown districts throughout the country, but two grocery businesses are betting it hasn’t changed the...
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