Can Rhode Island businesses afford to keep raising the minimum wage...
Since 2018, Rhode Island has raised its minimum wage seven times, totaling a 39% increase.
The state’s minimum wage will rise again on New Year’s...
How committed are you to shopping local this holiday season?
Black Friday spending is projected to be down from recent years as shoppers look to rein in spending, at least at the start of...
Local shops prepare for Small Business Saturday, holiday shopping blitz
WOONSOCKET – With Small Business Saturday just days away, Rhode Island retailers are gearing up for the annual after-Thanksgiving holiday shopping campaign that encourages...
Retiring business owners should consider selling to employees, R.I. task force...
NORTH KINGSTOWN – When a small-business owner retires or steps down, a well-loved community fixture and local economic driver often vanishes with their exit.
Employers...
R.I. Startup Week returns with broader reach, sharpened focus areas
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Startup Week has returned with programming that covers greater breadth and depth of Ocean State innovation.
The event, developed by startup...
Red panda kits highlight growth, shifting exhibits at Roger Williams Park...
PROVIDENCE – Though Roger Williams Park Zoo has hosted red pandas since at least the mid-1990s, it wasn't until recently that the zoo could...
Arcane Mead & Winery brings niche beverage back to R.I.
PROVIDENCE – When Jamie Burnet first began brewing mead and beer about 15 years ago, the former, more obscure beverage took a back seat.
But...
RISD alumnus to teach institution’s first tattooing course
PROVIDENCE – Brooklyn artist Adam Krueger had long envisioned that someday he would return to teach a course at his alma mater, the Rhode...
Providence businesses sign on as ‘defense zones’ against deportation
PROVIDENCE – At Down the Road Movers, a business driven by a team of formerly incarcerated Black, Indigenous and people of color, "we've seen...
Are Rhode Island insurers doing enough to help curb rising health...
Hospital and drug costs accounted for most of the 7.8% rise in health care spending in the state in 2023, according to a May...
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