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OFFERING ALTERNATIVES: Scott Kirmil, owner of the Diego’s restaurants in Rhode Island, displays the recyclable food containers his eateries use, a year before a ban on Styrofoam containers goes into effect. Opponents of the ban say small restaurants will have to bear additional costs.  PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Restaurants preparing for ban on Styrofoam containers

Focus 01/19/2024

On one of his rare days off last summer, Scott Kirmil, owner of six Rhode Island eateries, with plans for a seventh, was sitting...

OUTREACH PREP: Emergency physician Dr. Rebecca Karb, third from left, speaks with health officials and House of Hope Community Development Corp. outreach workers before going to meet with homeless clients. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Amid housing shortage, access to care wavers

Health Matters 06/23/2023

Sitting next to a campfire in a homeless encampment in a wooded area in Providence, emergency room physician Dr. Rebecca Karb found herself looking...

Raimondo signs $1-an-hour minimum-wage increase

Government 03/13/2020

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on March 10 signed legislation increasing the minimum wage to $11.50 an hour starting Oct. 1. The signing took...

GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO signed legislation that will increase the state minimum wage to $11.50 starting Oct. 1. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Raimondo signs $1-an-hour minimum-wage increase

Economy 03/10/2020

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on Tuesday signed legislation increasing the minimum wage to $11.50 an hour starting Oct. 1. The signing took place...

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THE SOUTH COUNTY HEALTH Board of Trustees has formally backed CEO Aaron Robinson and the executive leadership team after some staff members and patients have raised concerns about the management of South County Hospital. / COURTESY SOUTH COUNTY HEALTH

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