Tag: Focus
Local pizza joints feel the power of just ‘one bite’
When Jeff Merlino, owner of Merlino’s Pizzeria in Cranston, heard that Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy was returning to Rhode Island in January to...
Marketers prep for Chrome’s cookie phaseout
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Understaffed public defenders struggling to cover cases
R.I. Public Defender Collin Geiselman is accustomed to attorneys on his staff leaving to take higher-paying positions at private law firms, but now he’s...
A sound idea? Providence considers noise cameras along roads
If given the green light, Rhode Island’s most populous – and maybe the loudest – municipality will be the first in the state to...
Why hasn’t VR become a key tool in classroom?
One day, students will start a class by jumping into an avatar and strolling into a digital replica of their classroom. But we are...
Governor’s plan to offer more free school meals is not enough,...
Food insecurity in Rhode Island in 2023 surged 30% year over year, according to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. And compared with 2019,...
Funding, data sharing needed for R.I. to advance cancer innovations
When Dr. Wafik El-Deiry, one of the nation’s top physician-scientists and oncologists, came to Rhode Island in 2019, he was eager to help the...
R.I. in need of lab space even as demand drops
Just outside of downtown Providence, life sciences startup Research Instruments Corp. is developing a technology that Chief Business Officer Keith Bisogno calls the “replacement...
Funding tough to access for women, minorities
Throughout her more than 30 years as a Rhode Island-based entrepreneur and innovator, Annette Tonti has started multiple businesses and raised tens of millions...
PR effort raising profile of local fish on menus
More Rhode Island restaurants and fish markets are taking part in an effort to promote fresh, locally caught seafood than three years ago, according...
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