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Lists: Staffing Firms

Ranked by number of R.I. staff: 1. Mega Professionals: 100 2. Westaff: 40 3. SpectraTemps Inc./Tracey Associates Inc.: 33 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. List researched...

Lists: Workforce Development Resources

Number of nonprofit resources: 9 Number of government resources: 5 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. List researched by Mesj Associates. For information about participating in...
HELPING HAND: Lindsey Ricci, a real estate agent at eXp Realty LLC, says the RI AnchorHome program gives prospective homebuyers an extra boost in securing financing. 
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R.I. treasury deposits fuel lower mortgage costs

Rhode Island’s real estate landscape, with rising home prices and limited availability, is pushing the dream of homeownership out of reach for many residents. In...
A BIT EMPTY: Charles Cullinan, Bryant University Accounting Department chair and professor, teaches a class at Bryant in Smithfield in 2025. Industry leaders are concerned about the lack of accounting students moving through the pipeline.
PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. lawmakers get closer to tackling CPA shortage

When Connecticut rewrote its certified public accountant licensing rules last fall to expand pathways into the profession, the effects showed up almost immediately, says...
GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE has nominated Michelle Reddish, the administrator of the R.I. Cannabis Office, to become the next chairperson of the R.I. Cannabis Control Commission after a seven-month vacancy. The governor's office said an interim administrator will be name once Reddish is confirmed by the Senate. PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

New cannabis chair tabbed, but delays remain

Seven months after the chairperson of the R.I. Cannabis Control Commission stepped down, Gov. Daniel J. McKee has found a replacement. But his pick for...

Lists: Rhode Island-Based Banks

Total regional deposits: $59.3 billion SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. List researched by Mesj Associates. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or...

Lists: Chief Financial Officers

Total 2025 revenue: $719.4 billion SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. List researched by Mesj Associates. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or...

Lists: Rhode Island Credit Unions

Total assets: $11 ­billion SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. List researched by Mesj Associates. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to...
GROWING GAP: Brown University Health nurse practitioner Pamela Lauria, who is also a Democratic state senator representing Barrington and East Providence, worries that the concierge care model, in which patients pay a monthly or annual fee to see a provider with a smaller patient load, will intensify disparities in the statewide healthcare system.
PBN FILE PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Rise of concierge healthcare has raised concerns

As a nurse practitioner at Brown University Health’s East Greenwich office, Pamela Lauria has met with new patients who tell her that she’s their...
SITE ­INSPECTION: Jesse Reiblich, left, a University of Rhode Island professor in the marine affairs department, walks near the disputed property line along Roger W. Wheeler State Beach in Narragansett. He is joined, from left, by Nathan Vinhateiro, science director at the URI Coastal Institute, and Melva Trevino, assistant professor in URI’s fisheries, animal and veterinary sciences department. 
PBN PHOTO/­ELIZABETH GRAHAM

R.I. shoreline rights in legal limbo of sorts

When Rhode Island passed a 2023 law strengthening shoreline access, some advocates felt a sense of relief as state and local authorities took a...
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