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U.S. applications for jobless benefits come back down after last week’s...

Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remain at historically low levels even as other signs that the labor market is...
A HEALTHY PLACE: Dr. Pablo Rodriguez has created what he calls a social venture, Nuestra Salud Productions LLC, to provide health information to the Latino community in Rhode Island. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Everybody’s Business: The doctor’s dishing out doses of health facts to...

(Editor’s note: This is the 45th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
GROWTH OPPORTUNITY: Anthony Ramon, owner of Sopha’s Café in Cranston, says a $120,000 loan through the State Small Business Credit Initiative allowed him to purchase the space to open his new culinary venture.
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$61.7M credit initiative slow to deploy money

In today’s economy, Anthony Ramon would have had a tough time securing a mortgage to buy a commercial building on Cranston’s Park Avenue, if...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increased by 117 last week, with no deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 117, with no deaths, from April 28-May 4, the R.I. Department of Health said...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increased by 90 last week, with no deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 90, with no deaths, from April 21-27, the R.I. Department of Health said Thursday.  Typically, the...

Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday emphasized that inflation has remained stubbornly high in recent months and said it doesn't plan to...

McKee eyes repurposing unspent federal health relief for Washington Bridge, other projects

As the daily news headlines detailing the spread of bird flu grow, so does Dr. Leonard Mermel’s anxiety.  An infectious disease expert who works as...
CONCERNED PARENT: Public school teacher Maddalena Cirignotta, center, pushed back against her children being required to wear masks in school during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cirignotta has been closely monitoring the drafting of a new policy by the R.I. Department of Health. Pictured with Cirignotta are her children, Paul Daley, left, 10, and Anwen Daley, 11. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

State poised to release new school masking policy

When Maddalena Cirignotta’s youngest son looks back on his experience as a kindergartener during the COVID-19 pandemic, he can share one particular experience that...
STAR ATTRACTION: In the 2023 fiscal year, Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau Senior Vice President Thomas Riel’s team booked 224 events that will result in more than $102 million in direct spend revenue in future years for Rhode Island. 
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PWCVB’s Riel’s knack makes state a destination again

PBN C-Suite 2024 Awards SMALL PRIVATE COMPANY: Thomas Riel Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau | Senior vice president THOMAS RIEL GETS ­EXCITED talking about the...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increased by 103 last week with no deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 103, with no deaths, from April 14-20, the R.I. Department of Health said Thursday.  Typically, the...
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