Tag: R.I. Commerce Corp.
David M. Chenevert
PBN Leaders & Achievers Awards 2025
DAVID M. CHENEVERT
Rhode Island Manufacturers Association Executive director
DAVID M. CHENEVERT STILL gets excited when he walks into a machine...
Can Pryor start as commerce secretary without Senate consent? Legal interpretations...
PROVIDENCE – It was no surprise that Gov. Daniel J. McKee nominated Stefan Pryor to return as the state's next secretary of commerce, a...
New Wavemaker Fellowship initiative launched to address state’s primary care shortage
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Commerce Corp. will begin accepting applications for a new Wavemaker Fellowship initiative to increase the pool of primary care providers within Rhode...
Was it a good move by Gov. Daniel J. McKee to...
Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Aug. 7 announced that Stefan Pryor will return for another stint as state secretary of commerce.
Pryor was the state’s...
McKee nominates Pryor to return as secretary of commerce
PROVIDENCE – Just over a year after stepping down as the state's housing secretary, Stefan Pryor may soon return to the Statehouse as Rhode...
Data center incentive bill stalls after tax administrator raises red flags
Efforts to get more data centers built in Rhode Island were put on hold in May when legislation offering tax breaks to developers was...
DEI TEST: Roll back? Push ahead? For many organizations, a critical...
The diversity pledges flooded corporate inboxes across the country as protests filled the streets over George Floyd, a Black man who died under the...
Five Questions With: Nancy Scarduzio
Nancy Scarduzio | Small-business ombudsman, R.I. Commerce Corp.
1. Some people may not be aware that R.I. Commerce Corp. has a small-business ombudsman. Can...
Tourism reps on alert over drop in Canadian visitors
If you think there are fewer visitors from Canada and international locations this summer, you’re right.
The rhetorical squabbling between Canadian officials and President Donald...
Old ProJo Building revival getting closer to reality
For more than a century, 203 Westminster St. has stood like a baroque sentinel in downtown Providence – a grand Beaux-Arts building that once...


















