Stay focused on business success
Business owners can be excused for being too busy surviving to spend the time needed to fully understand differences between myriad state and federal...
Businesses see more reasons for hope than in 2008
When PBN started its biannual business survey during the depths of the Great Recession in 2008, the local economy was experiencing the most sustained...
State can help fill PPP gaps
The latest round of Paycheck Protection Program funding has not generated the same frenzy and confusion for local banks or borrowers as occurred last...
Gray areas in vaccine distribution lead others to fill in blanks
Rhode Island’s plan to prioritize COVID-19 vaccine distribution by age, underlying health conditions and geography makes sense conceptually. For it to be effective, however,...
Gov. Raimondo falling short of her own leadership standards
Since the earliest days of the pandemic, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has shown consistent leadership in tackling the twin public health and economic crises...
Employers have role in testing
Most local employers have already greatly contributed to controlling the spread of COVID-19 by following – and in many cases exceeding – state workplace...
Block Island tourism surprises
Amid the widespread economic carnage wrought by the pandemic in 2020, somehow tiny Block Island and its tourist-dependent businesses emerged to fight another day.
“No...
Pandemic’s effects will dominate 2021 General Assembly session
The landscape has changed dramatically, literally and figuratively, for state lawmakers for what is shaping up to be among the most consequential General Assembly...
Vaccines bring hope for recovery in 2021
The arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in the Ocean State has brought a glimmer of light to the end of the very long, dark tunnel...
New Amgen plant shows potential of targeted tax incentives
It’s hard to find economic success stories in a pandemic that aren’t somehow a result of the crisis, but there’s one standing on Amgen...
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