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Cross-border differences in sales-tax policy create headaches
The rise of interstate e-commerce is magnifying long-standing differences in sales-tax laws among various states, forcing retailers with far-flung customers to adhere to 50...List: Newport Restaurants
CLOSER LOOK: Re-ranked by number of reviews: 1. The Mooring | No. of reviews: 1,756 2. The Red Parrot Restaurant | No. of reviews: 969 3. 22 Bowen’s...List: Providence Restaurants
CLOSER LOOK: Re-ranked by number of reviews: 1. Hemenway’s Seafood Grill & Oyster Bar | No. of reviews: 740 2. Gracie’s | No. of reviews: 661 3. Massimo...Pandemic, progressives, new House leadership could put twist on...
The 2021 legislative session is shaping up to be another severe departure from the norm, with a temporary change of venue for both chambers,...Banks on higher alert for credit weakness
In his 50 years as a customer of The Washington Trust Co., John Bellone has never deferred a loan payment. Not through the 2008...Everybody’s Business: Finding value in shared connections
(Editor’s note: This is the fifth installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...Seize the moment
Ross Gittell | Bryant University president More than 4,000 institutions of higher education in the United States serve approximately 20 million students and this year...Block Island tourism surprises
Amid the widespread economic carnage wrought by the pandemic in 2020, somehow tiny Block Island and its tourist-dependent businesses emerged to fight another day. “No...
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25% of vaccine doses have been received by Rhode...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Islanders who are anxiously awaiting vaccination against the COVID-19 virus will now have a better idea of who has been getting...Report: Average nurse salary in R.I. 43.8% higher than...
PROVIDENCE – The average wage of a nurse in Rhode Island was 43.8% higher than the average salary of all occupations in the state,...CNE expands women’s health, addiction and weight loss treatment...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Care New England Health System is expanding its South County presence by offering more services, including behavioral and women’s health care...Five Questions With: Mark Cooper
In September, Mark Cooper was named vice president of Medicare-Medicaid Product at Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island after working for nearly 20 years...Lifespan’s third urgent care center opens in Providence
PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp.’s newest urgent care center is now open in the city. The facility, located in the former Benny’s store at 66...
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URI’s annual Food System Summit to focus on COVID-19...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – University of Rhode Island’s fifth annual Rhode Island Food System Summit will focus on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on food...RIC $76K-per-week consultant contract terminated
PROVIDENCE – The state has terminated a $76,000-per-week contract granted to a consulting firm that was providing financial analysis and recommendations to Rhode Island...Fuller named UMass Dartmouth’s interim chancellor
DARTMOUTH – Mark Fuller, currently the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s vice chancellor for advancement and former dean of the university’s Isenberg School of Management,...Rhode Island School of Design cancels 2021 in-person commencement;...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island School of Design announced Monday that it is canceling its in-person commencement for the Class of 2021 and will...Consultant hired for RIC review at the rate of...
PROVIDENCE – The state has hired Alvarez & Marsal Public Sector Services LLC to provide analysis and recommendations related to programmatic, operational and financial improvements...
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Lifespan’s third urgent care center opens in Providence
PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp.’s newest urgent care center is now open in the city. The facility, located in the former Benny’s store at 66...Median price of single-family home in R.I. rises to...
PROVIDENCE – The median price of a single family home in Rhode Island in 2020 was $319,900, a rise of 12.3% year over year,...Brown Medicine expands into Class A space in Smithfield
SMITHFIELD – Brown Medicine, a nonprofit primary care and subspecialty medical group practice, will expand this spring into a newly renovated facility in the...South Kingstown colonial sells for $1.1M
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A historical home on 4.7 acres has sold for $1.1 million, according to Residential Properties Ltd., which represented both buyers and...Five Questions With: Jennifer Hawkins
Jennifer Hawkins, the executive director of ONE Neighborhood Builders, a community-development organization in Providence, spoke to Providence Business News recently about the Central Providence...
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