BBBS encourages physical health, work-life balance
PBN Healthiest Employers Awards 2026
2-99 EMPLOYEES
4. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island
CEO (or equivalent): Katje Afonseca, CEO
Full-time U.S. employees: 31
At Big Brothers Big...
Newport Historical Society gets $245K to digitize Revolutionary-era archives
NEWPORT – The Newport Historical Society has received a $245,000 federal grant to preserve and digitize thousands of documents that chronicle Newport and Rhode...
Rhode Island to host U.S. debut of ‘Ocean Business’ in 2027
NEWPORT – The first North American-based Ocean Business event will be held in Newport next September, projected to bring more than 1,500 ocean technology...
Italian cosmetics company to open manufacturing facility in Lincoln
LINCOLN – Italian professional cosmetics company Alfaparf Milano has acquired a manufacturing facility at 32 Wellington Road to help expand its industrial presence in...
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(Editor’s note: This is the 47th installment of a monthly column on the growing number of cyberthreats facing businesses of all sizes and what...
R.I. Commerce Corp. awards $8M in tax credits and job incentives
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. board of directors on Monday awarded $8 million in Qualified Jobs Tax Credits and Innovation Voucher incentives to seven companies,...
Do you support the 3-year ban on new charter schools approved...
The General Assembly has approved a three-year ban on new charter schools, leaving opponents to hope for a veto from Gov. Daniel J. McKee.
The...
Cyber Sessions: Canvas breach serves as strategy lesson for the rest...
(Editor’s note: This is the 46th installment of a monthly column on the growing number of cyberthreats facing businesses of all sizes and what...
Election 2026: Foulkes rolls out ‘Believe in Rhode Island’ economic plan,...
JOHNSTON – Helena Buonanno Foulkes on Wednesday announced the first component of her comprehensive economic plan, pledging a $100 million bond to fund “classroom-to-career”...
House Speaker Shekarchi will step down to seek R.I. Supreme Court...
PROVIDENCE – House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi plans to step down to pursue the R.I. Supreme Court vacancy left by the retirement of Associate...



















