Theater, arts scenes in R.I. show signs of life
Whoever coined the phrase “the show must go on” was not referring to the health and economic meltdown caused by the new coronavirus.
Yet amid...
R.I. DLT scrambles to absorb brunt of jobless claims
The R.I. Department of Labor and Training found itself in an uncomfortable spotlight during the Great Recession. With thousands of people who were laid...
Thought you were insured for this interruption? Maybe not
Karen Lee has paid for business interruption insurance since she opened Breathing Time Yoga Inc. 19 years ago.
But it wasn’t until a few weeks...
Many R.I. hotels have checked out for now
It’s early spring, a time when people normally are planning their summer vacations.
But 2020 isn’t normal, for reasons that have become distressingly obvious to...
For Senior Open, organizers trying to take right course of action
Planning for the 2020 U.S. Senior Open started at least 2½ years ago, when the U.S. Golf Association announced that it would hold the...
Boston’s building boom drawing labor from R.I.
Finding office space in northern Rhode Island for a Massachusetts company that wanted to relocate proved so difficult recently that it required some quick...
R.I. architects: Government shouldn’t dictate style
Classical design is found in public buildings across much of Rhode Island. The architectural style appears in the columns of courthouses and the rotundas...
R.I. carbon-emissions bill would make targets mandatory
Legislation that would escalate targets for reducing Rhode Island’s greenhouse gas emissions – and provide tools for enforcement – is getting the backing of...
EPA lauds R.I. companies for cutting toxic releases
It takes just under 2 ounces of methanol to kill a person, according to the National Center for Biotechnology Information.
Newport Biodiesel Inc., a company...
In banking industry, tasty perks part of recruitment
Amid record-low unemployment levels, competition posed by Boston and New York, and a rapidly aging workforce, Rhode Island financial institutions are searching for the...