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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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R.I. doc’s license suspended for knowingly exposing patients to...
PROVIDENCE – The medical license of Dr. Anthony Farina, the director/president of at least six medical corporations, has been suspended for a host of...COVID-19 deaths in R.I. pass 2,000; cases rise by...
PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 increased by 901 on Thursday, with nine more deaths, according to the R.I. Department of Health. Fatalities in the state...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...Virtual event aims to sweep away anxiety, depression from...
PROVIDENCE – For its first event of 2021, The Miriam Hospital Women’s Association Community Speaker Series plans to take on lingering mental health effects...COVID-19 cases rise by 789, with 9 more deaths
PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 789 on Wednesday, with nine more deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Thursday. Hospitalizations...
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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...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...
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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...$14M restoration of Memorial Schoolhouse completed
MIDDLETOWN – A comprehensive interior renovation of the 28,000-square-foot Memorial Schoolhouse has been completed by Shawmut Design and Construction, working in partnership with Vision...
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