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...
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1. The Mooring | No. of reviews: 1,756
2. The Red Parrot Restaurant | No. of reviews: 969
3. 22 Bowen’s...
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1. Hemenway’s Seafood Grill & Oyster Bar | No. of reviews: 740
2. Gracie’s | No. of reviews: 661
3. Massimo...
(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...
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...
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...
PROVIDENCE – State health officials on Thursday said that Rhode Island is going at a “good pace” regarding administering the COVID-19 vaccinations to the...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Health and Educational Building Corp. has awarded $483,054 in grants to 51 health, education and community service organizations to help...
PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 increased by 2,521 from Jan. 15 through Monday, with 40 more deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Tuesday.
Hospitalizations...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Health and Educational Building Corp. has awarded $483,054 in grants to 51 health, education and community service organizations to help...
Bob Samuels is Rhode Island School of Design’s executive director of integrated health and wellness. He spoke with Providence Business News about how the...
PROVIDENCE – Kathleen Cornely, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Providence College for more than a quarter century, has been appointed as the...
PROVIDENCE – Chi-Wang Shu, Brown University’s Theodore B. Stowell University professor of applied mathematics, has been named the recipient of the John von Neumann...
NEWPORT – Salve Regina University announced Jan. 8 that it has brought on an experienced senior development professional and philanthropic fundraising consultant to be...
PROVIDENCE – Three parcels in the I-195 Redevelopment District are under active construction in January, the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission was told last week.
The...
CHARLESTOWN – The historical Wilcox Tavern has sold for $1.2 million, according to Randall Realtors.
The tavern sale closed on Jan. 5. Built in 1739,...
PAWTUCKET – RE/MAX Preferred has opened a new office in Pawtucket.
The Gary Almeida Group opened the expanded location at 100 Cottage St.
This is the...
COLLECTIONS OF THE 5 PERCENT hotel tax in Rhode Island increased 1.2 percent in fiscal 2017 to $19.6 million, according to R.I. Department of Revenue figures. Above, the Omni Providence Hotel, which generated $1.1 million of the 5 percent hotel tax during the year. / PBN FILE PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island collected $19.6 million in 5 percent hotel taxes in fiscal 2017, a year-over-year increase of 1.2 percent, according to data released by the R.I. Department of Revenue Wednesday. Regional tourism districts received the largest allocation of the four groups of recipients of the tax during the year, $7.8 million, which represented…
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