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LEGISLATION has been filed in both chambers of the General Assembly that would extend paid family leave from six to 12 weeks, but some business groups have raised concerns. PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. business groups worry about effects of extending paid family...

While there is widespread support for bills in the General Assembly that would double the amount of paid family leave offered in Rhode Island...

Report: R.I. 11th-worst state for new businesses

PROVIDENCE – Entrepreneurs in Rhode Island face more obstacles to success than their business peers in most other areas of the U.S., a recent...

Rush hour, traffic anxieties continue to hurt small businesses amid Washington...

PROVIDENCE – Over the past few years, resilience has been a common theme – and a necessity – for many of Rhode Island's small...

As nearly 700 businesses apply for SBA assistance, E.P center gets...

EAST PROVIDENCE – Nearly 700 small businesses have applied for federal loans following the closure of the westbound side of the Washington Bridge as...
MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE attended Providence Business News' 2024 Book of Lists Premier Event on Thursday at the Graduate Providence. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN debuts 2024 Book of Lists

PROVIDENCE – More than 200 business and nonprofit representatives spent Thursday evening at the Graduate Providence networking with one another, as well as obtaining...

McKee vows to raise incomes, shore up health care system, cut...

PROVIDENCE – Striking a note of optimism in the face of future deficits and the absence of unprecedented federal dollars in recent years, Gov....

McKee to reaffirm commitment to housing, education in State of the...

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Tuesday will give his State of the State address before the General Assembly in the House chamber...
CATHERINE MARX has been named the acting director of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Rhode Island district office. / COURTESY CATHERINE MARX

Marx named U.S. SBA’s acting Rhode Island district director

PROVIDENCE – Catherine Marx, the current Connecticut district director for the U.S. Small Business Administration, will at least temporarily oversee the administration’s district office...

PBN’s most-read stories of 2023

From multimillion-dollar home sales across the state to high-profile and sometimes controversial real estate developments, corporate leadership shakeups and layoffs, to a sudden bridge...

Do you support the hourly minimum wage hike in Rhode Island...

The hourly minimum wage in Rhode Island increases by $1, to $14, on Jan. 1 and moves to $15 in 2025. The increases were approved...
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