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  Cross-border differences in sales-tax policy create headaches
  
  January 15, 2021 6:03 am
  
  The rise of interstate e-commerce is magnifying long-standing differences in sales-tax laws among various states, forcing retailers with far-flung customers to adhere to 50...
  
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  List: Newport Restaurants
  
  January 15, 2021 12:08 am
  
  CLOSER LOOK: Re-ranked by number of reviews: 1. The Mooring | No. of reviews: 1,756 2. The Red Parrot Restaurant | No. of reviews: 969 3. 22 Bowen’s...
  
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  List: Providence Restaurants
  
  January 15, 2021 12:02 am
  
  CLOSER LOOK: Re-ranked by number of reviews: 1. Hemenway’s Seafood Grill & Oyster Bar | No. of reviews: 740 2. Gracie’s | No. of reviews: 661 3. Massimo...
  
  Coronavirus
  
  Pandemic, progressives, new House leadership could put twist on...
  
  January 8, 2021 4:00 am
  
  The 2021 legislative session is shaping up to be another severe departure from the norm, with a temporary change of venue for both chambers,...
  
  Coronavirus
  
  Banks on higher alert for credit weakness
  
  January 8, 2021 3:51 am
  
  In his 50 years as a customer of The Washington Trust Co., John Bellone has never deferred a loan payment. Not through the 2008...
  
  Entrepreneurship
  
  Everybody’s Business: Finding value in shared connections
  
  January 8, 2021 3:20 am
  
  (Editor’s note: This is the fifth installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
  
  Coronavirus
  
  Seize the moment
  
  January 8, 2021 3:10 am
  
  Ross Gittell | Bryant University president More than 4,000 institutions of higher education in the United States serve approximately 20 million students and this year...
  
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  Block Island tourism surprises
  
  January 8, 2021 2:38 am
  
  Amid the widespread economic carnage wrought by the pandemic in 2020, somehow tiny Block Island and its tourist-dependent businesses emerged to fight another day. “No...
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  25% of vaccine doses have been received by Rhode...
  
  January 18, 2021 8:18 pm
  
  PROVIDENCE – Rhode Islanders who are anxiously awaiting vaccination against the COVID-19 virus will now have a better idea of who has been getting...
  
  Health Services
  
  Report: Average nurse salary in R.I. 43.8% higher than...
  
  January 18, 2021 3:11 pm
  
  PROVIDENCE – The average wage of a nurse in Rhode Island was 43.8% higher than the average salary of all occupations in the state,...
  
  Health Services
  
  CNE expands women’s health, addiction and weight loss treatment...
  
  January 17, 2021 10:45 pm
  
  SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Care New England Health System is expanding its South County presence by offering more services, including behavioral and women’s health care...
  
  Health Services
  
  Five Questions With: Mark Cooper
  
  January 17, 2021 10:30 pm
  
  In September, Mark Cooper was named vice president of Medicare-Medicaid Product at Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island after working for nearly 20 years...
  
  Health Services
  
  Lifespan’s third urgent care center opens in Providence
  
  January 17, 2021 10:20 pm
  
  PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp.’s newest urgent care center is now open in the city. The facility, located in the former Benny’s store at 66...
Education
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  URI’s annual Food System Summit to focus on COVID-19...
  
  January 18, 2021 11:17 am
  
  SOUTH KINGSTOWN – University of Rhode Island’s fifth annual Rhode Island Food System Summit will focus on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on food...
  
  Education
  
  RIC $76K-per-week consultant contract terminated
  
  January 14, 2021 10:53 am
  
  PROVIDENCE – The state has terminated a $76,000-per-week contract granted to a consulting firm that was providing financial analysis and recommendations to Rhode Island...
  
  Education
  
  Fuller named UMass Dartmouth’s interim chancellor
  
  January 12, 2021 2:25 pm
  
  DARTMOUTH – Mark Fuller, currently the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s vice chancellor for advancement and former dean of the university’s Isenberg School of Management,...
  
  Coronavirus
  
  Rhode Island School of Design cancels 2021 in-person commencement;...
  
  January 11, 2021 3:58 pm
  
  PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island School of Design announced Monday that it is canceling its in-person commencement for the Class of 2021 and will...
  
  Education
  
  Consultant hired for RIC review at the rate of...
  
  January 11, 2021 12:30 pm
  
  PROVIDENCE – The state has hired Alvarez & Marsal Public Sector Services LLC to provide analysis and recommendations related to programmatic, operational and financial improvements...
Real Estate
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  Lifespan’s third urgent care center opens in Providence
  
  January 17, 2021 10:20 pm
  
  PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp.’s newest urgent care center is now open in the city. The facility, located in the former Benny’s store at 66...
  
  Real Estate
  
  Median price of single-family home in R.I. rises to...
  
  January 15, 2021 10:55 am
  
  PROVIDENCE – The median price of a single family home in Rhode Island in 2020 was $319,900, a rise of 12.3% year over year,...
  
  Real Estate
  
  Brown Medicine expands into Class A space in Smithfield
  
  January 15, 2021 6:28 am
  
  SMITHFIELD – Brown Medicine, a nonprofit primary care and subspecialty medical group practice, will expand this spring into a newly renovated facility in the...
  
  Real Estate
  
  South Kingstown colonial sells for $1.1M
  
  January 15, 2021 6:28 am
  
  SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A historical home on 4.7 acres has sold for $1.1 million, according to Residential Properties Ltd., which represented both buyers and...
  
  Real Estate
  
  Five Questions With: Jennifer Hawkins
  
  January 13, 2021 10:30 pm
  
  Jennifer Hawkins, the executive director of ONE Neighborhood Builders, a community-development organization in Providence, spoke to Providence Business News recently about the Central Providence...
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Tavarozzi named R.I.’s Financial Literacy Teacher of the Year

Education August 7, 2020 1:30 am

Maria Tavarozzi, a math teacher at Rogers High School in Newport, has been named Rhode Island’s 2020 Financial Literacy Teacher of the Year by...

JPMorgan Chase recognized for financial literacy programs

Financial Services March 2, 2020 10:00 pm

PROVIDENCE – JPMorgan Chase & Co., which recently opened two Rhode Island Chase Bank branches with plans for five more this year, was recognized...

Five Questions With: Dan Swedits

Education July 26, 2019 4:40 am

Dan Swedits, a certified public accountant and audit supervisor at Blum, Shapiro & Co., is one of a group of firm employees who have...

Aspiring college students know ‘shockingly’ little about financial aid

Education July 8, 2019 1:30 pm

NEW YORK – High school students know very little about how financial aid works, according to a new analysis. An overwhelming majority of 11th and 12th...

Cranston teacher wins Financial Literacy Educator of the Year honor

Education June 14, 2019 4:30 am

PROVIDENCE – Cranston elementary school teacher James Gemma has been named Rhode Island's Financial Literacy Educator of the Year. Gemma, who teaches at Edward S....

A childhood as one of nine children in a poor family taught Margaret Brooks the value of financial literacy early on. Now she is dedicated to helping young people in the region learn how to manage their financial lives. / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

Partnerships’ greater numbers create strength in message delivery

Education June 7, 2019 3:06 am

Margaret Brooks | Rhode Island Jump$tart Coalition and Rhode Island Council for Economic Education president, Center for Economic Education at Bridgewater State University director Collaboration...

MANY HATS: Margaret Brooks, president of the Rhode Island Jump$tart Coalition, also directs the Rhode Island Council for Economic Education, advocating for more financial education for K-12 students. She is the director of the Center for Economic Education at Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, Mass., and leads the school’s Office of Financial Literacy Initiatives.  / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Boosting financial literacy Brooks’ passion

Business Women May 24, 2019 12:29 am

Business Women Awards 2019 | HONOREE Margaret Brooks, Rhode Island Jump$tart Coalition Margaret Brooks is passionate about empowering the state’s vulnerable populations via financial literacy, a...

College debt should be the first thing to learn

Editorial and Op-Ed May 17, 2019 2:15 am

Graduation season begins in the coming weeks. Thousands of graduating high school seniors in our state already have been making plans for the next...

Five Questions With Bruno Figueiredo

5Q May 17, 2019 1:58 am

Bruno Figueiredo | Vice president, associate readiness, Bank of America; chairman, Rhode Island Financial Literacy 1. What is financial literacy? Financial literacy means having the...

Why financial literacy is elusive

Editorial and Op-Ed May 3, 2019 2:10 am

Graduation season will soon be upon us, and with it, so many admonitions explaining why students are unprepared for the challenges of the real...

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