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Providence bike lane network getting renewed attention

More than three years after Providence secured a $27.2 million federal Safe Streets and Roads for All grant, Mayor Brett P. Smiley says construction...
SHINING BRIGHT: 
Rich Reynolds, left, fabrication supervisor, speaks with Jessica Mularski, majority owner, at Renova Lighting Systems Inc. in Warwick.
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Mularski is lighting the way for her clients

Drab paint, tile floors and fluorescent strip lights, all wrapped in a mood of dreary desperation – for those forced to spend time there,...
NEW ­PRACTICE: Attorneys John R. Feeney, left, and Maxwell Holland are the founding partners of Contract House LLC, a generative artificial intelligence-driven, attorney-backed law firm in Newport.
PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

In legal world, artificial intelligence is a double-edged sword

Andrew Dietderich, partner at nationally renowned law firm Sullivan & Cromwell in New York City, found himself in damage-control mode last spring, thanks to...
THE CONNECTION: Passengers board an R.I. Public Transit Authority bus recently at Kennedy Plaza in Providence.
PBN PHOTO/CHRISTOPHER ALLEN

RIPTA lawsuit highlights ‘gray area’ in state law

A decade-old personal injury lawsuit against the R.I. Public Transit Authority could reshape how translated statements are treated in Rhode Island courtrooms, with attorneys...
A SOUND BUSINESS PLAN: Mark Scetta, owner of Stellar Audio Forensics LLC in Providence, with the equipment he uses to analyze sound recordings for legal cases and other matters. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Forensic audio analysts still thrive in AI world

Whether it’s the click of a pen, the timing of a gunshot or the acoustics of a car horn, it’s the little details that...

Election26: Is it time for a change?

This week’s cover story headline asks what every political race involving incumbents comes down to: Is it “Time for change?” The focus is Providence’s Democratic...
READY FOR BATTLE: Gov. Daniel J. McKee takes the podium as state and labor officials join forces in August 2025 to protest President Donald Trump’s effort to halt work on the Revolution Wind offshore wind farm. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/MATTHEW MCNULTY

On the workforce development front, headwinds persist

In 2022, excitement surged in the state after Breeze Airways announced plans to establish a permanent base at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport...
TROLL ­SIGHTING: ­
Louise Bishop, South County Tourism Council CEO and president, visits one of the two trolls living in the woods of Ninigret Park in Charlestown. Bishop says the trolls, made of recycled materials, have drawn 100,000 visitors this year alone. Three more trolls have been installed recently in Rhode Island. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/­ELIZABETH GRAHAM

The tourism sector sees new faces, but new challenges, too

Rhode Island’s tourism and hospitality sector has seen some new additions since 2021. Those searching for recreation and leisure now have the options of TopGolf,...
NEW DIGS: The 30,000-square-foot Ocean Sate Labs is located on the fourth floor of 150 Richmond St., Providence. The new building in the 195 District also houses the R.I. Department of Health laboratory. 
PBN PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON 

Lab space could be a big draw

Rhode Island has gone all in on life sciences, but it still remains to be seen whether the millions of dollars of investment will...
TAKING OVER: The Res American Bistro at Washington and Empire streets in downtown Providence closed in 2025, one of numerous restaurants that closed its doors in recent years, but 10 Prime Seafood quickly remodeled and moved in soon after. 
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For small businesses, the uphill climb was never-ending

For Rhode Island’s small businesses, the last five years have demanded constant adjustment. Pandemic shutdowns in early 2020, rising wages, labor shortages and new infrastructure...
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