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PAINFUL PINCH POINT: The Washington Bridge debacle has dogged state officials since half of the bridge was shut down in December 2023 because it was in danger of collapse. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

For the state officials, it’s been one drama after another

Gov. Daniel J. McKee, a former lieutenant governor who became the state’s chief executive when two-term Gov. Gina M. Raimondo was tapped as U.S....
BACK AT IT: 
An Orsted A/S vessel is docked to one of the massive wind turbines off the coast of Rhode Island. Work on the turbines was delayed because of Trump administration orders, but it has resumed after the courts stepped in. 
AP FILE PHOTO/JOSHUA A. BICKEL

Offshore wind sector hits turbulence

State officials and labor leaders geared up for years in preparation for the promise of the offshore wind industry – thousands would need to...
A DIFFERENT CLASSROOM: Douglas S. Alexander, director of the Institute for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies at Rhode Island College, speaks with RIC senior Miled Kalbourji in the institute’s cyber range classroom in 2025. 
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R.I. higher-ed institutions reshaping talent pipelines

Educational institutions have come around to the idea that there is more than one kind of classroom, as students learn both on campus and...
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Most-read stories on PBN.com, July 2026

1. Historic Hotel Providence sells for $10.25M POSTED ONLINE: JULY 7. The historic Hotel Providence is under new ownership for the first time in 11...
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Driving Forces: William C. Tsonos

William C. Tsonos Beacon Bank Rhode Island market president Relationships matter in communities and business, and William C. Tsonos has spent a lifetime building them in...

R.I. awards $1.6M in Learn365RI grants for after-school and summer programs

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island officials have awarded $1.62 million in a new round of Learn365RI grants aimed at expanding after-school, summer and other out-of-school...

McKee selects Matos for R.I. Supreme Court

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Wednesday selected R.I. Superior Court Judge Luis Matos as his nominee for the Supreme Court, ending former...

Rhode Island AP success surges as college-qualifying scores more than double...

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island students have more than doubled the number of Advanced Placement exam scores that qualify for college credit over the past...
A RENDERING OF THE NEW R.I. State Police barracks in West Greenwich. State officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the $41.3 million building on Thursday. / COURTESY KBA ASSOCIATES

R.I. State Police opens new public safety complex in West Greenwich

WEST GREENWICH – The R.I. State Police has officially opened its new $41.3 million 35,000-square-foot barracks along the New London Turnpike.  Gov. Daniel J. McKee...
R.I. PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY CEO Christopher Durand stands in a field next to the Providence train station, one of two parcels being considered for a new central transit hub. PBN FILE PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Providence transit hub process getting attention from candidates

For more than a decade, plans to move the R.I. Public Transit Authority’s central bus hub out of Kennedy Plaza in Providence have cycled...
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