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EASING IN: Gov. Daniel J. McKee supports letting the unemployed and underemployed ease back into the workforce, so they can continue to collect unemployment benefits while working part time. Several other states are moving to end supplemental weekly $300 payments to encourage more people to consider available jobs. / AP PHOTO/ PAUL SAKUMA

UI changes a Band-Aid for wounded R.I. job market

Coronavirus 05/14/2021

It’s surreal to think that after a more than yearlong pandemic and 450,000-plus COVID-19 unemployment filings in Rhode Island, that jobs would now be...

PRODUCT OF THE PANDEMIC: Megan McCutcheon displays some of the items she produces for Newport Needlepoint LLC, a company she started when the state went into a lockdown last spring at the height of the pandemic. / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

For many, COVID-19 sparks desire to start a venture

Coronavirus 05/14/2021

After Michelle Politano was laid off when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived last year, she made the decision to pursue her lifelong dream of opening...

Cliff Wood was named executive director of The Providence Foundation in 2017, with a goal of promoting the physical, economic and cultural development of the capital city’s downtown. He’s also served as the Downtown Providence Parks Conservancy’s executive director since 2008. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Collaborate to revive downtown

Coronavirus 05/14/2021

Cliff Wood | The Providence Foundation executive director When people come back to downtown Providence, they need to find it safe, active and inviting. Here...

Justine Hastings / Courtesy Research Improving People’s Lives

Five Questions With: Justine Hastings

5Q 05/14/2021

Justine Hastings | Founder and director, Research Improving People’s Lives 1. What is Research Improving People’s Lives and why did you start it? Research...

GROWTH SECTOR: From left, Kris Bradner, Arthur Eddy and Ashley Iannuccilli Cullion, principals with Traverse Landscape Architects LLC, at the Hammetts Hotel in Newport. The company, which recently completed the landscape planning for the hotel, has seen its portion of business related to the hospitality sector increase dramatically in the past several years. PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Outdoor spaces in demand, as architecture adapts to pandemic-influenced designs

Education 05/14/2021

Long after the COVID-19 pandemic is gone, its influence on school and hotel designs will be seen across New England. Traverse Landscape Architects LLC, a...

LIFE OF THE POTTY: Cassie Collinson says she’s learned a lot about business since starting Cassie’s Cans Inc. six years ago, when she was 19. The South Kingstown company rents portable toilets for construction sites. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

A business opportunity Collinson just couldn’t let go to waste

Business Women 05/14/2021

Think about any dirty, feces-related joke, and Cassie Collinson guarantees she has heard it. “People find out what I do and like to tell me...

It’s time to explore job opportunities

Advice 05/14/2021

Hope is returning to the workplace. With vaccines more widely available, COVID-19 cases decreasing and restrictions being cautiously lifted, job seekers are seeing increases...

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Subscriber Only 05/14/2021

1. Applications open for new $200M rent assistance program POSTED ONLINE: APRIL 1. A new $200 million rent assistance program for tenants and landlords...

Neronha elected to American Law Institute

Government 05/14/2021

PETER F. NERONHA, R.I. attorney general, was recently elected to the American Law Institute. The institute is an independent organization producing scholarly work to...