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IN GOOD COMPANY: The R.I. Commerce Corp. board meets at Cumberland-based baby product company Baby Delight Inc. in June for a strategic retreat to discuss economic and workforce trends. Gov. Daniel J. McKee, third from the left, leads the meeting. 
COURTESY R.I. COMMERCE CORP.

ELECTION26: Gubernatorial race puts performance of R.I. Commerce in spotlight

On the top floor of the Wexford Science & Technology building overlooking Providence’s I-195 District, Gov. Daniel J. McKee stood before business executives and...
Kirk ­McClure

Despite bipartisan housing law, affordability will remain a problem

The sweeping housing measure that became law on July 11 is being widely celebrated as a crucial step in addressing the nation’s housing crisis....
MAKING SPARKS FLY: ­Mechanics work in one of Electric Boat’s metal fabrication “fixtures” used to build frames that reinforce a submarine’s ­pressure hull. 
COURTESY ­GENERAL 
DYNAMICS ­ELECTRIC BOAT

School of hard hats: College-bound? EB’s hiring surge convincing more grads...

Approaching graduation, Lincoln Aldrich was only certain of two things: he wanted to work on boats, and he wanted to make a decent paycheck. “I...
TURNAROUND TIME? Brown University Health has recently made leadership changes at Saint Anne’s Hospital in Fall River, which lost $8.9 million in fiscal 2025. The losses have continued in 2026. 
PBN PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

Cross-border toll: Brown Health’s Mass. facilities have lost millions; will it...

When state Rep. Lauren H. Carson saw Brown University Health’s financial performance earlier this year, she was fuming. Rhode Island’s largest health system reported a...
NEW WORKSPACE: Peter Gillespie, senior vice president and branch manager for Cross Insurance Inc., stands at the entrance of the company’s new offices at The Foundry in Providence. 
PBN PHOTO/MATTHEW MCNULTY

‘Low supply and low demand’: R.I. office market undergoing ‘repositioning’

On a sunny summer morning at the Foundry in Providence, Cross Insurance Inc. employees move past exposed brick walls and soaring 14-foot ceilings before...
SOON ON 
THE MOVE: 
A pair of elephants lumber around their 2-acre habitat at Roger Williams Park Zoo. All three elephants that live at the zoo will be leaving next year because of increasing health issues as they age.
PBN PHOTO/
MICHAEL SALERNO

ANIMAL MAGNETISM: RWP Zoo left scrambling for money to boost attendance,...

It’s safe to say that nearly all of the hundreds of thousands of people who visit Providence’s Roger Williams Park Zoo each year make...
THE ­RESPONDERS: 
Jeffrey Liebman, left, CEO of CharterCARE Health of Rhode ­Island, and Ben Mingle, chairman and CEO of The Centurion Foundation, are leading the effort to revive Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

TO THE RESCUE? Centurion’s effort to save 2 safety-net hospitals just...

As a nurse of three years in Roger Williams Medical ­Center’s Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Joanna Sanzone has supported patients facing harrowing diagnoses...

Forging a new bond: Should R.I. be seeking to borrow another...

For motorists zipping by on Route 2, it’s easy to miss the Pine View Apartments in Exeter. They’re located away from the road and...
A SWEET NEST: 
The 9,719-square-foot house known as The Bird House on Beacon Hill Road in Newport was sold by “Judge Judy” Sheindlin in September for $15.3 million, making it the highest-priced sale in Rhode Island in 2025. 
COURTESY GUSTAVE WHITE SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY

MORE MILLIONS: Seven-figure home sales spreading away from waterfront

The Rhode Island waterfront has always been the domain for high-end home sales as the wealthy gladly pay steep premiums for houses with a...
TIME CONSCIOUS: Barry Dejasu of East Providence waits at Kennedy Plaza to make his R.I. Public Transit Authority bus home after arriving on a bus from Warwick, where he works. RIPTA service changes have made his commute longer and more complex.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

WEAKENED CONNECTIONS: RIPTA’s service cuts disrupting sectors of R.I. workforce

For years, East Providence resident Barry Dejasu’s commute to Warwick followed the same routine: Leave the house at around 7:30 a.m., walk to the...
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