Fun was back with PVDFest
Sunny skies no doubt helped public perceptions of this year’s PVDFest – and last year’s soggy disaster was easy to improve on.
But the administration...
Time to reset ambitious blue economy plans
The good news is the state is not giving up on becoming a regional ocean technology/blue economy hub. The bad is that the dream...
A legislative delay worth celebrating
Lawmakers often get criticized for late dealmaking at the end of General Assembly sessions that can leave the impression that too much of the...
Time to decide on local COVID-relief projects
When local communities were awarded more than $500 million from the federal government three years ago, it was as close to found money as...
Work with insurers on health reforms
Attorney General Peter F. Neronha recently took broad aim at the state’s health insurers for their role in what he called a broken health...
Voters get their say on convention
Voters in November are likely to again reject holding a constitutional convention, as they have the last three times it has appeared on the...
Private sector can help R.I. boost affordable housing
Some of the nation’s biggest corporations directly contribute to affordable housing development across the country.
But as this week’s cover story reports, such investments have...
Robots will eliminate jobs but create new ones too
Unions are understandably worried about job losses that will come as manufacturers turn to technology to curb costs and improve production and efficiency.
There’s no...
Public owed answers on bridge fiasco
It sounded good when Gov. Daniel J. McKee promised in March a “day of reckoning” for those responsible for the Washington Bridge’s rickety condition...
Uneven rise in home prices shows housing inequities
It’s no secret that home prices have been rising ever higher across housing-starved Rhode Island.
But a PBN analysis of median single-family home sales shows...
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