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Ballot errors teaching R.I. lessons

A series of errors plagued the first two weeks of early voting in Rhode Island’s primary elections, but experts say voters can be confident...

Providence business community still worried about bike lanes

It’s been more than a year since Providence installed a bike lane on South Water Street despite opposition from businesses, but it’s apparently done...

Who will be eligible for reparations?

Black and Indigenous people aren’t the only ones who stand to benefit from Providence’s racial reparations plan. As proposed by a city panel, the services...
ONE OF NUMEROUS surface parking lots in downtown Providence is located next to the Arcade and across from the Industrial Trust Co. Building on Westminister Street. / PBN FILE PHOTO/FRANK MULLIN

Many argue lack of downtown parking not the problem it once...

A longtime concern of visitors to downtown Providence – the lack of parking – has become a less-pressing issue as the city is still...

Early opt-in on cannabis for some R.I. communities

Although Rhode Island became the 19th state to legalize recreational cannabis as of May, local voters in most municipalities will have the final say...
A SCREEN SHOT of some of the Airbnb rentals available in Newport, along with nightly charges. / COURTESY AIRBNB INC.

Will R.I.’s new registry discourage short-term vacation property rentals?

State business regulators are going to start taking names – and charging fees – of Rhode Island property owners who rent out their homes...

Concerns raised over expanded e-bike, scooter program

Some neighborhood and business leaders in Providence are worried that the city’s plan to allow more rental electric bikes and scooters on the streets...
TOMÁS ÁVILA TOOK OVER as associate director for the R.I. Office of Diversity, Equity and Opportunity last August. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Is help on the way for R.I.’s Minority Business Enterprise program?

THE STATE IS STILL STRUGGLING to overcome decades of dysfunction around tracking and enforcing its laws for contracting with minority-owned businesses, even after a...
THE CONVERSION of the historic Pontiac Mills in Warwick into residential and commercial space is one of the projects that received state historic tax credits over the years. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Advocates of R.I. Historic Tax Credit pleased with $28M allocation, worried...

Advocates for the Rhode Island Historic Tax Credit program are applauding lawmakers for allocating $28 million for the program in the fiscal 2023 state...

Could Roe decision prompt workforce shift to R.I.?

With the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, some observers say the contentious decision could make Rhode Island and other states in the...
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