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NEARLY 99% OF Rhode Island’s businesses are small businesses or micro businesses, those with 10 employees or fewer, according to a study by The Economic Progress Institute.

Report: R.I. comprised of mostly small, micro businesses

Economic Activity 06/28/2024

PROVIDENCE – The smallest state in the nation is powered by small businesses. Nearly 99% of Rhode Island’s businesses are small businesses or micro businesses,...

KIDS COUNT: Economic and health gaps continue to affect children of...

Health Services 05/06/2024

PROVIDENCE – For decades children in Rhode Island have been driving the state’s diversity, yet children of color continue to face greater economic and...

RIDOH: Drug overdose deaths plateau in R.I. but still at crisis...

Government 06/14/2023

PROVIDENCE – Drug overdose deaths in Rhode Island remained at a crisis level in 2022 but did slow in the second half of the...

Who will be eligible for reparations?

Government 09/02/2022

Black and Indigenous people aren’t the only ones who stand to benefit from Providence’s racial reparations plan. As proposed by a city panel, the services...

DECISION TIME: Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza, seated, and the City Council must decide on $10 million in recommended spending for the city’s racial reparations program. Elorza is pictured in February at the announcement of his creation of a panel that has made spending recommendations for the program.  COURTESY CITY OF PROVIDENCE

City must make clearer goals, scope of reparations program

Economy 09/02/2022

Proposed spending for Providence’s still-evolving racial reparations program includes several worthy suggestions. Among them, funding for homeownership, workforce training and support for small businesses. The...

Woonsocket teen wins $1M investment to help communities of color

Education 05/31/2022

WOONSOCKET – Mariam Kaba's answer to a million dollar question is about to become a reality for the 15-year-old Career and Technical Center sophomore. The...

WORKING TOGETHER: Panelists discuss the ways government and businesses in Rhode Island can work hand in hand to increase access to funds and develop a larger talent pool for various industries during a virtual conversation moderated by PBN Editor Michael Mello, center, and Mark S. Murphy, top left. Clockwise from the top middle are: Eric M. Shorr, Michael E. McKelvy, Edward O. “Ned” Handy III, Marcela Betancur, Chris Parisi and Betty Robson.

Call to arms for government, businesses

Coronavirus 11/26/2021

On the occasion of Providence Business News’ 35th anniversary, six business and community leaders joined in a virtual discussion on Rhode Island’s economy –...