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KEY COMPONENT: Rhode Island Manufacturers Association Executive Director David M. Chenevert is often lauded for forming partnerships and building relationships with state and federal officials, small and large businesses in manufacturing, and elsewhere. 
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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...
BIG DEAL: Numerous states have introduced incentives to attract data center projects like this Amazon Web Services data center in Boardman, Ore. 
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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...
STAYING THE COURSE: Dawn Apajee, founder and president of professional staffing service City Personnel Inc., speaks to Recruiting Coordinator Adora Andrade, who is writing on the board. Apajee says the nature of City Personnel’s business – which provides legal, administrative, accounting and support staffing services – calls for a commitment to diversity.
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MICHAEL SALERNO

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...
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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...
MANY IN NEWPORT'S hospitality sector have noticed a decline in the number of Canadians and other international travelers this year, but Discover Newport says domestic tourism has helped fill the void. PBN FILE PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

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...
A WELCOME DEVELOPMENT: Marisa Angell Brown, Providence Preservation Society executive director, is eagerly awaiting the redevelopment of the former Providence Journal headquarters at Westminster and Eddy streets in downtown Providence. The building has been mostly vacant for more than a decade. 
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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...
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