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List: Regional Freight and Logistics Companies

Print Edition 09/04/2026

Total local employees: 277 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. List researched by MESJ Associates. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to...

List: Disaster Preparedness & Response Resources

Print Edition 09/04/2026

Number of government resources: 2 Number of for-profit resources: 13 Number of non-profit resources: 1 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. List researched by MESJ Associates. For...

CAMPAIGN PERFORMANCE: Gov. Daniel J. McKee, left, and Helena Bounanno Foulkes face off at a WPRI-TV CBS 12 debate at Rhode Island College on Aug. 18.  COURTESY WPRI-TV CBS 12/COREY WELCH

McKee says he’s laid groundwork and is ready to build on...

Print Edition 08/28/2026

Gov. Daniel J. McKee is betting that his record in office – and his experience as governor – will be enough to carry him...

Foulkes: R.I. needs new leader to make an abrupt course correction

Print Edition 08/28/2026

Helena Buonanno Foulkes says she’s used the last four years wisely. Foulkes came within 3,500 votes of unseating incumbent Gov. Daniel J. McKee in the...

TEST BED: Abdullah al Rumon, left, and Dr. Kunal Mankodiya, director of the Wearable Biosensing Lab at the University of Rhode Island, are part of a team developing a smart strap that can monitor the health condition of premature babies. PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

URI team developing smart wearable to monitor health of premature babies

Print Edition 08/28/2026

Since the late 2010s, smartwatches and rings have exploded in popularity. Estimates claim nearly half of the U.S. population uses the likes of Apple...

PERSONAL TOUCH: After growing up in the jewelry making business, Rachel Ajaj, owner and designer of Air and Anchor, launched the Cranston-based jewelry manufacturer with her husband in 2020.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Ajaj keeps family tradition alive with Air and Anchor jewelry design

Print Edition 08/28/2026

(Editor’s note: This is the 48th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...

LOOKING UP: The R.I. Commerce Corp. board of directors on Aug. 24 unanimously approved up to $9.5 million in state support to help jump-start the stalled redevelopment of Providence’s “Superman” building,  PBN FILE PHOTO/CHRIS BERGENHEIM

State protects well-timed ‘Superman’ investment

Print Edition 08/28/2026

There are signs of life for the long-stalled redevelopment of Providence’s iconic “Superman” building. And give state economic-development leaders kudos for stimulating it. The R.I....

URI professor earns 2026 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets...

Print Edition 08/28/2026

RACHEL AFIA ANSONG, an assistant professor of Africana studies at the University of Rhode Island, was recently presented the 2026 Sillerman First Book Prize...

JUST THE FACTS: Attorney Lawrence J. Signore says dashboard cameras can be helpful in insurance claims, but sometimes it can work against the claimant.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Dash cams can offer evidence, not certainty

Print Edition 08/28/2026

While debate over the use of automated license plate readers has crowded headlines in recent months, another type of surveillance is constantly capturing Americans...