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PBN celebrates 40th anniversary with business community

Business Services 08/07/2026

PAWTUCKET – Providence Business News on Thursday celebrated four decades of providing business journalism to Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts at its 40th Anniversary...

RIPEC: R.I.’s labor market weakens in Q2

Economic Activity 08/03/2026

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s labor market weakened in the second quarter, the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council and the Center for Global and Regional...

Bryant University to expand AI training for Navigant Credit Union managers

Education 07/13/2026

SMITHFIELD – Bryant University has begun training Navigant Credit Union employees on the use of artificial intelligence as the financial institution develops its approach to...

R.I. Health and Human Services Secretary Richard Charest to stay on

Government 06/17/2026

Rhode Island Health and Human Services Secretary Richard Charest isn’t retiring after all. At least, not on July 3, as Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s office...

Boston Fed’s Susan Collins hears from R.I. CEOs on labor shortages,...

Financial Services 05/21/2026

PROVIDENCE – Boston Federal Reserve CEO and President Susan M. Collins met privately with Rhode Island business leaders earlier this month as part of...

SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS: Joseph Trunzo, left, associate director of Bryant University’s School of Health and Behavioral Sciences, participates in a panel discussion at Providence Business News’ Health Care Summit at Providence Marriott Downtown on April 2. The panel talks about ways to deal with the state’s health care woes. Also on the panel are, from left, Dr. Christopher Ottiano, interim chief medical officer and medical director at Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island; Linda Hurley, CODAC Inc. CEO and president; and Meghan Grady, Meals on Wheels of RI Inc. executive director.  PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Health care panel: Team approach needed to make system fixes

Health Services 04/10/2026

It doesn’t take a clinical degree to diagnose why Rhode Island has difficulty retaining health care providers who completed their education in the Ocean...

Bryant, Brown create pathway program for Master of Public Health degree

Health Services 04/02/2026

PROVIDENCE – A new partnership between Bryant University’s School of Health and Behavioral Sciences and Brown University’s School of Public Health will provide Bryant...

DR. CHRISTOPHER OTTIANO, second from left, interim chief medical officer and medical director at Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, speaks during one of two panel discussions during Providence Business News' Health Care Summit at Marriott Providence on Thursday. Also on the panel are, from left, Joseph Trunzo, associate director of Bryant University's School of Health and Behavioral Sciences; Linda Hurley, CODAC Inc. CEO and president; and Meghan Grady, Meals on Wheels of RI Inc. executive director. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN health care summit: Multifaceted approach needed to repair R.I.’s ailing...

Editor's Choice 04/02/2026

PROVIDENCE – When primary care providers choose to practice in Massachusetts or Connecticut over Rhode Island, it’s not about luxury. Across the board, the Ocean...