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Plans for $70M project anchored by new BankRI HQ scrapped in...

PROVIDENCE – A $70 million development project on former Interstate 195 land that was to be anchored by a new headquarters of Bank Rhode...

Providence officials: It’s time for Capital Center Commission to disband

PROVIDENCE – The city’s Capital Center Commission was established in 1981 to lead the massive transformation of what was once a 70-acre wasteland between...

Deloitte to pay state $5M for RIBridges cyberattack expenses

PROVIDENCE – Deloitte Consulting LLP has provided Rhode Island $5 million to help pay for expenses from the RIBridges data breach, Gov. Daniel J....

Consultant hired to assess feasibility of medical school at URI

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A state Senate commission and the University of Rhode Island announced they have selected a Missouri-based consulting firm to lead a...

Commerce Corp. awards tax credits to Blount foods for HQ move...

PROVIDENCE – R.I. Commerce Corp.’s board of directors on Monday unanimously approved $3.2 million in state tax incentives over 10 years for Blount Fine...
WHILE STATE REGULATORS have cleared the way for Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence to be sold, the mayors in both communities are insisting that they be protected from a loss of tax revenue in the deal. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Will Providence, North Providence lose tax dollars in wake of sale...

The sale of two cash-strapped Rhode Island medical centers is on track to be finalized in early 2025, but municipal leaders have raised concerns...
WHILE MANY PEOPLE are pointing the finger at Deloitte Consulting LLP over the cyber breach of the state's RIBridges program, Kaustubh Medhe, vice president of research and cyber threat intelligence for California-based Cyble Inc., feels the state should bear some responsibility for what happened. / PBN FILE PHOTO / WILLIAM HAMILTON

Public blame over RIBridges cyber breach points to Deloitte. But what...

PROVIDENCE – For the second year in a row, an infrastructure breakdown has made it a long December for Rhode Islanders. Oddly enough, it involves...
MACY'S INC. is planning to close 150 stores the next two years, but there are mixed signals as to whether the anchor location at Providence Place will be one of them. / PBN PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

With or without Macy’s, what’s going to happen at Providence Place?

With the future of Macy's Inc. uncertain at Providence Place, all eyes are on the three-floor anchor location at the south end of the...

Lawsuit filed to protect mental health care for Medicaid-eligible children

PROVIDENCE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc. and other advocacy groups have filed a class action lawsuit against the state...
DR. MICHAEL WAGNER, sitting at far right, CEO and preident of Care New England Health System, speaks during a panel discussion at Providence Business News' Fall Health Care Summit on Thursday. Also on the panel is, from left, John Fernandez, CEO and president of Brown University Health; Sen. Pamela Lauria, who is also a nurse practitioner; R.I Health Insurance Commissioner Cory King; and Dr. Raj Hazarika, chief medical officer for commercial products at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, a Point32 health company. Moderating is PBN Editor Michael Mello, standing. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN Health Care Summit: R.I.’s fragile system is now in ‘crisis’

WARWICK – Six months ago, Dr. Michael Wagner said Rhode Island’s health care was fragile. Now he says it’s in a state of crisis. Among...
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