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PROVIDENCE MAYOR Jorge O. Elorza announced Monday that the city's Guaranteed Income Program will be extended for another six months. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Providence extending its Guaranteed Income Program by 6 months

Economic Activity 08/15/2022

PROVIDENCE – The city is extending its Guaranteed Income Program, which offers monetary support to a select group of low-income residents, by another six...

EXPANSION-MINDED: Russell and Sterling Spellman operate Incred-A-Bowl Food Co., a food truck company that is preparing to open a restaurant in East Providence in the fall.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Everybody’s Business: Building a company with eye toward greater good

Entrepreneurship 08/05/2022

(Editor’s note: This is the 24th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each is asked their views on...

PROTECTING CHILDREN: AAA Northeast recently donated $5,000 to the R.I. State Police’s Community, Equity and Inclusion Unit to purchase child vehicle seats and perform outreach in underserved communities. Pictured back row from left, R.I. State Police Trooper Roupen Bastijian, Sgt. Wesley Pennington and Capt. Kenneth Jones. Pictured front row from left, AAA Senior Traffic Safety Manager Diana Gugliotta and public affairs specialists Cassidy Duble O’Connor and Joanna Frageorgia. COURTESY AAA NORTHEAST

Employee health takes a multilayered approach at AAA Northeast

Financial Services 08/05/2022

PBN Healthiest Employers Awards 2022 1,500-4,999 EMPLOYEES 1. AAA Northeast CEO (or equivalent): John Galvin, CEO and president Number of employees: 2,909 Two and a half years into the...

GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE announced Tuesday that 27 local nonprofits received more than $11 million from the state's Consolidated Homeless Fund. / SCREENSHOT VIA WPRI-TV CBS 12

27 homeless-support nonprofits receive $11M from state’s Consolidated Homeless Fund

Education 07/26/2022

PROVIDENCE – More than $11 million in local, state and federal funds from the Consolidated Homeless Fund have been allocated to 27 local nonprofit...

Citizens donates $150K to 12 R.I. nonprofits for financial education

Financial Services 05/05/2022

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Bank recently awarded $150,000 in grants to 12 Rhode Island nonprofits to support financial literacy programs, according to a news release. The...

GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE, along with Amos House, announced a landlord challenge Monday to provide permanent housing for more than 150 Rhode Island families and individuals who have been experiencing homelessness and staying in hotel shelters since the onset of the pandemic.

R.I. aims to house 150 struggling families through landlord bonuses

Government 05/02/2022

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee and Amos House are "challenging" landlords to use an incentive program that will pay them bonuses for providing...

IN SAFE HANDS: William Wray, chief risk officer for The Washington Trust Co. in Westerly, says he takes pride in the bank’s credit risk being “viewed as among the best in the entire industry” because it’s “the most common reason why banks fail, so it is a critical survival skill.” / COURTESY THE WASHINGTON TRUST CO.

Wray keeps Washington Trust poised to take on any challenge

Financial Services 04/29/2022

2022 C-Suite Awards: Enterprise company | William Wray, The Washington Trust Co. chief risk office If there was ever an example of the need for...

Richard Godfrey / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Five Questions With: Richard Godfrey

5Q 04/15/2022

Richard Godfrey | Executive director, Roger Williams University interdisciplinary Real Estate Program 1. What do you hope students will learn from your new interdisciplinary real...

Washington Trust launches new financial literacy programs, funding

Financial Services 04/11/2022

WESTERLY – The Washington Trust Co. recently announced new funding and training programs for financial literacy, according to a news release. The three-part Financial Literacy...