Tag: Elizabeth M. Tanner
X Corp. licensing in R.I. part of a bigger tech push?
The "currency transmitter" license that Rhode Island recently issued to the company formerly known as Twitter Inc. is a common authorization in business dealings,...
DESIGNxRI’s Design Catalyst Program expands throughout state
PROVIDENCE – DESIGNxRI's Design Catalyst Program has funded the efforts of Providence-based entrepreneurs since its launch in 2016. Now in its eighth year, the...
What’s R.I.’s return on trade mission to Dominican Republic?
Leading up to his first economic trade mission since taking office, Gov. Daniel J. McKee touted the trip to the Dominican Republic as a...
McKee: R.I.’s economic driving force is small business
Our small businesses play a crucial role in fostering innovation, job creation and community identity here in the Ocean State. Rhode Island’s small businesses...
McKee, Tanner to lead trade mission to Dominican Republic
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee and R.I. Commerce Secretary Elizabeth M. Tanner will lead a delegation of Rhode Island businesses and associations on...
Connect with R.I. Commerce
Business owners have often grumbled about a lack of accessibility of state economic-development leaders. Rhode Island, however, is certainly not so small as to...
Should you pay tax on bagels? Depends where you buy them
(Editor's note: This is the first in an occasional series focused on questions from Providence Business News readers for R.I. Commerce Corp. Secretary Elizabeth...
State announces up to $635K in latest round of Take It...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s Take It Outside initiative is awarding seven grants to promote outdoor commercial activities, Gov. Daniel J. McKee announced Tuesday.
The grants,...
Breeze Airways opens base at T.F. Green Airport
WARWICK – It will now be more of a breeze traveling through Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport.
State and local officials joined Breeze Airways...
R.I. receives $61.7M in federal funds from Biden’s State Small Business...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will be getting a major federal financial award courtesy of the Biden administration’s State Small Business Credit Incentive.
Gov. Daniel J....