Meet the Makers: Manufacturer helps companies turn plants into food
(Editor’s note: This is the 21st installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
Understand your mission
Erik G. Brine | 401 Tech Bridge director
After 26 years of national security experience, I’m excited to find myself at the intersection of...
Must R.I. give Citizens what it wants?
The 11th-hour budget amendment submitted by Gov. Daniel J. McKee asking to overhaul how Rhode Island-based banks are taxed had some questioning whether the...
Ensuring Latinos have a place in clinical trials
Hilda Castillo knocked on the door of a home day care in Providence several years ago and explained she was working on a clinical...
Settled lawsuits may have impact on house sales
It’s long been the case that when a homeowner in Rhode Island is ready to sell and hires a Realtor, it’s taken for granted...
Noncompete pacts banned by FTC, but for how long?
The Federal Trade Commission may have banned most forms of noncompete agreements between employers and employees, but it’s unclear whether the ruling will survive...
These R.I. employers rallying the ex-troops
Gannon & Scott Inc. is a longtime Cranston-based company that specializes in recovering valuable metals from torpedo batteries, coatings used for stealth technology, and...
For some veterans, venturing out is what they want to do
Three years ago, a woman selling ornaments at a kiosk in the Providence VA Medical Center caught Raymond Sienko’s attention while he was waiting...
Income gaps highlight stark differences in communities
In a state as small as Rhode Island, dramatic shifts and differences in wealth should be few and far between.
But as this week’s cover...
Bank tax change good business for R.I.
The timing of Citizens Financial Group Inc.’s request to overhaul how banks are taxed could have been better. And threatening to consider moving some...


















