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SPEAKING UP: Law student Shahily Negron-Falcon, right, president of the Multi-Cultural Law Students Association at Roger Williams University School of Law, takes part in an equity roundtable discussion on environmental justice at RWU in Bristol on Feb. 19. At left are fellow RWU law students Troy Lange, RWU law editorial board member, and Stephanie Gonzalez. / COURTESY ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW/JOSHUA GRAB

Diversity can be challenging for R.I. law firms

Bre’Anna Metts-Nixon, president of the Black Law Students Association at Roger Williams University School of Law, will graduate this year. She wants to practice...
DOULA DISCUSSION: Stacey Collins, left, asks questions of doulas Meg Bain, center, and Elyse Wilkie during a Doulas of Rhode Island gathering in North Kingstown earlier this month that allowed expectant mothers to investigate hiring a doula for delivery and postpartum services. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Doulas argue insurance proposal is about access, equity

Quatia Osorio had never heard of a doula before 2011. But after two miscarriages, the Rhode Island resident started looking into services to support her...
LIASON: Dr. Matthew Smith, a physiatrist at University Orthopedics, acts as a Medicare/Medicaid liaison for doctors. He is trying to educate his peers on value-based care. / PBN PHOTO/
MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. doctor takes role urging value-based care

Dr. Matthew Smith spends most of his time working with patients, helping them heal from painful conditions that affect muscles and bones. A physiatrist at...
HELPING HAND: Brown University graduate student Kyle Zhang has helped to coordinate an initiative to raise funds to purchase medical supplies that will be sent to China to assist hospitals that are dealing with the coronavirus outbreak. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. universities take steps to ease coronavirus fears

The epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in China is thousands of miles away from Rhode Island, but its impact is being felt locally, particularly...
TUITION-FREE: Community College of Rhode Island student Davila Jackley, left, meets with classmate William Rider. Jackley is taking advantage of the Rhode Island Promise program.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Raimondo pushes to make tuition-free program a permanent Promise

When Davila Jackley graduates from the Community College of Rhode Island this spring, she’ll do so without having paid any tuition. Jackley, 19, is among...
MIDCENTURY MODERN: Jim DeRentis, a sales associate with Residential Properties, has sold this house at 51 Prospect St. in the College Hill section of Providence three times. The midcentury modern was originally built in the early 1980s and has had several renovations since. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Many R.I. homebuyers displaying a modern (design) love

When you think about Rhode Island architecture, the shingle-style homes overlooking the ocean and the colonials that define streets in Providence, Newport and other...
LIMITED EFFECT: Stephen Tetzner, vice president of Homestar Mortgage Inc. in Providence, says increased limits on conforming home loans, which feature lowered interest rates and more flexible credit score requirements, will do little to help the high-end market. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Higher conforming loan limits will have varied impact on R.I. housing...

Rhode Island homebuyers are already taking advantage of increased limits on mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration and those acquired by Fannie Mae...
HIGH COST: John Rogue, left, co-owner and chief financial officer, converses with Chris Roy, chief operating officer, at Medici Products and Solutions, a medical marijuana cultivator in Warwick. In 2018, $100,000 worth of product was stolen from their site and their insurance did not cover the loss. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

A lack of insurers hard on cannabis industry

Theft is never a good thing, but most businesses at least have some insurance to cover the loss. Medici Products and Solutions Inc. did not. After...
ADJUSTMENTS: Donna Murray, left, assistant director of labor market information at the R.I. Department of Labor and Training, goes over changes to Rhode Island’s unemployment and temporary disability insurance tax laws with Margaux Fontaine. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

R.I. makes changes to unemployment, TDI taxes

Many Rhode Island employers could see a reduction in the amount of unemployment insurance tax they pay, while employees are on the hook for...
VACANT SPACE: Andrew Galvin, first vice president for commercial realtor CBRE Inc., which is marketing office space on the sixth and seventh floors of the Wexford Science & Technology building in Providence, says the underdeveloped look of the vacant space is intentional, designed to give prospective tenants the freedom to build out the space to their needs. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

At Wexford building, empty floors are no worry

It’s 11 a.m. on a sunny, January morning, and the Wexford Science & Technology building – located in Providence’s I-195 Redevelopment District – booms...
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