A few simple ‘asks’ for small businesses
As the owner of a Providence restaurant, The District, I can say that this has been a year unlike any other. As we continue...
Follow state on holiday gatherings
The number 300,000 almost jumps out of the recent Associated Press story on the results of a study on the role a two-day biotech...
A crucial crossroads for R.I.’s hospitals
Rhode Island’s health care system is on the cusp of unprecedented changes in 2021.
COVID-19 buffeted the financial health of the state’s not-for-profit hospitals. Care...
Will vaccine panels work together?
The newly formed House COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force could offer some early insights into how Gov. Gina M. Raimondo and the presumptive next House...
We’re all invested in fight to keep tourism, arts alive
Amid the plight of those struggling daily to pay for food or rent or dealing with the devastating loss of someone to COVID-19, the...
Unions still powerful in R.I.
Labor unions may be losing power nationally, but they remain a strong presence locally, as a brewing dispute over beer delivery in the Ocean...
Finding an edge in data analytics
When a Department of Labor and Training call center was overwhelmed earlier this year, workers were initially skeptical of the state’s response: deploy more...
Despite progress, elite boys club remains
Janet Yellen may soon become the first woman to lead the Treasury Department, about six years after shattering another glass ceiling at the top...
The road ahead for manufacturers
Manufacturers of every size and across every industry, here in Rhode Island and elsewhere, are weathering unforeseen economic forces rising from the coronavirus pandemic....
Marijuana debate needs full airing
Last December, Statehouse Democratic leaders came out against an anticipated proposal from Gov. Gina M. Raimondo to legalize recreational marijuana use for adults. They’d...