GA wants to jump-start investment in small businesses but new fund...
A messy debate has been unfolding in the halls of political power in Rhode Island over how the state should help small businesses with...
How the GA-backed investment fund works
This is how the Small Business Development Fund, as approved by the General Assembly, would work: The state would issue up to $42 million in...
Fighting back vs. bad roads
Evidence of Rhode Island’s rough roads turns up regularly at Harold Crook’s Garage in Cranston. Bent wheel rims, flat tires and alignment problems can...
U.S. trade war with China has brought pain, uncertainty
The initial tariffs imposed in 2018 on imports from China didn’t affect Cooley Group, a Pawtucket-based company that manufactures an array of engineered materials,...
R.I. has a robust entrepreneurial community, but can it do more...
For a small state, Rhode Island punches above its weight when it comes to producing promising startups and organizations that help nurture and fund...
R.I. bizs much more confident in themselves than state economy
Rhode Island businesspeople can be an insecure bunch.
Even when the economy appears to be humming along, many have difficulty shaking a nagging feeling that...
Nursing homes care more with less
When she started working as a certified nursing assistant 22 years ago, Victoria Mitchell was assigned about eight patients during her morning shifts.
Now, Mitchell...
IGT vs. Twin River: Can both win?
Two of Rhode Island’s largest public companies are involved in a bitter dispute that has the potential to upend the state’s budget. The source...
Newport’s Naval Undersea Warfare Center a hub for defense-based research and...
There’s no denying the boost Rhode Island’s economy gets from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport. Like so many other parts of the...
CNE plots solo course (for now)
Care New England Health System’s proposed acquisition by Massachusetts health care giant Partners HealthCare ended abruptly in June when Partners pulled its application, after...