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Gov. Daniel J. McKee

Resilient Rhody needs a strong workforce

For 40 years, Providence Business News has been reporting on the economic and workforce changes, challenges and milestones that have helped shape the Rhode...
READY FOR BATTLE: Gov. Daniel J. McKee takes the podium as state and labor officials join forces in August 2025 to protest President Donald Trump’s effort to halt work on the Revolution Wind offshore wind farm. 
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On the workforce development front, headwinds persist

In 2022, excitement surged in the state after Breeze Airways announced plans to establish a permanent base at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport...
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. 
COURTESY RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE

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...

General Dynamics Electric Boat parent’s Q2 profit jumps 14%

NORTH KINGSTOWN – General Dynamics Corp., the parent company of General Dynamics Electric Boat, posted a $1.16 billion profit in the second quarter, a...
WORKFORCE PIPELINE: ­Mechanics work in one of Electric Boat’s metal fabrication “fixtures” used to build frames that reinforce a submarine’s pressure hull. 
COURTESY GENERAL DYNAMICS ELECTRIC BOAT

EB’s investment in local schools is paying off

When General Dynamics Electric Boat organized its first high school signing event for new hires in 2022, seven graduates agreed to work at the...

Willie Barber

PBN 40 UNDER FORTY 2026 AWARDS WILLIE BARBER | 36 Chief of workforce development, General Dynamics Electric Boat What is the biggest challenge facing your industry? Changing...

Undersea Technology Innovation Consortium awards more than $100K in scholarships to...

MIDDLETOWN – The Undersea Technology Innovation Consortium has awarded more than $100,000 in scholarships to 23 students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and...

General Dynamics posts $1.13B Q1 profit

NORTH KINGSTOWN – General Dynamics Corp. logged a $1.13 billion profit in the first quarter of 2026, a 13.2% increase year over year, the aerospace and defense...

NEIT partners with Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England to hold...

WARWICK – Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England has launched a partnership with the New England Institute of Technology to offer experiential programs to...

Electric Boat gets $15.4B extension for Columbia submarine program

PROVIDENCE – General Dynamics Electric Boat has been awarded a $15.4 billion contract extension from U.S. Department of War for its Columbia-class ballistic missile...
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