Utilize workforce training
The state’s Real Jobs Rhode Island workforce-training program has made a difference, serving 50,000 workers and roughly 7,000 employers since its inception in 2015.
Despite...
Workplace safety
Does your company regularly conduct workplace safety training with employees?
Yes: 50%
No: 50%
How often does your company perform workplace safety training?
Yearly: 50%
Never: 50%
Every six months:...
‘Live-work-play’ communities are prospering in R.I.
Developers looking to reinvigorate traditional malls might find inspiration from so-called “live-work-play” communities that are prospering across the state.
Combining housing, entertainment, retail, office space...
Regulate all new R.I. data centers
Some lawmakers want the state to get a piece of the billions of dollars proposed nationwide to develop large data centers to support artificial...
Gathering feedback
How quickly do you respond when your company receives negative feedback from the community?
Right away with immediate communication: 60%
We assess the matter internally before...
Businesses stuck in neutral along with stagnant economy
Rhode Island business owners need a jolt. That’s the biggest takeaway from PBN’s 2026 Winter Business Survey.
A malaise that took hold last year amid...
Can we grow jobs with a wealth tax?
Most voters would agree that Rhode Island needs new sources of revenue.
The challenge, of course, exemplified by the debate over Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s...
State must heed union call prison is ‘out of control’
The president of the union at Rhode Island’s state prison told PBN violence at the Cranston facility “is now at a level I’ve never...
Stay invested amid talk of recession
Are we in a recession? If not, how likely is it and when?
It sounds all too similar to the start of 2025 for local...
Health care, affordable housing on GA’s election-year docket
Compared to last year, the $101 million fiscal 2027 shortfall facing state lawmakers as they return to work this month may be cause for...
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