Cyberattacks too costly to ignore
During any economic crisis a company’s first priority is survival. So, it may be understandable that some businesses started worrying a little less about...
Resilient downtowns eye paths to post-pandemic recovery
Downtowns across the state and nation have been in an almost constant state of reinvention for decades.
While not always the recognized center of commerce...
PBN survey: Businesses have adapted, looking beyond pandemic
When the pandemic will end is anyone’s guess, but most Rhode Island business owners believe the worst is behind them, according to results from...
Don’t crowd out pedestrians on sidewalks
Outdoor seating helped save countless restaurants across the state over the past year, including many that didn’t have the space on their properties to...
More transparency, accountability needed in state film program
Producers of a feature film being shot in Rhode Island are seeking just over $22 million in state tax credits.
But everyone outside of a...
Unlimited PTO good for some, not all
Who wouldn’t love unlimited, paid vacation?
Well, certainly some employers would balk at the potential cost or lost production.
But as this week’s cover story reports,...
End of federal payments leaves thousands in need of jobs
The state in May resisted calls from some business groups to end supplemental federal unemployment benefits months early to help fill thousands of job...
Keep up crackdown on ATVs
Stepped-up efforts by Providence police to curtail the presence of illegal all-terrain vehicles have paid off with the seizure of about 30 over a...
Get armed in COVID fight
(Editor’s note: A version of this editorial was published on PBN.com on Aug. 18.)
For more than a year, a fit, college-educated, 51-year-old relative successfully...
If wind-energy jobs do come, state must be ready to fill...
After years of permitting delays and false starts, there’s again reason for optimism over the job prospects for wind energy in the Ocean State.
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