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STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL from 24 states sent a letter Monday to Brown University urging the Ivy League institution to reject a proposal to divest from companies that do business with Israel. / AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

24 state attorneys general urge Brown to reject Israel divestment proposal

Education 08/27/2024

PROVIDENCE – Twenty-four state attorneys general from the southern and Midwest U.S. on Monday sent a letter to Brown University urging the Ivy League...

General Dynamics sees Q2 profit soar to $905M

Economic Activity 07/24/2024

NORTH KINGSTOWN – General Dynamics Corp., the parent company of General Dynamics Electric Boat, posted a $905 million profit in the second quarter, a...

LINDSAY WALSA, center, of CVS Health Corp., speaks with a Bryant University student during the university's Career Fair back in September. Bryant officials feel the university does more than enough to prepare students for life after graduation and does not need to implement a "job guarantee" program similar to what Curry College in Milton, Mass., is launching. / COURTESY BRYANT UNIVERSITY/PAM MURRAY

Curry College will offer graduates a job guarantee. Should local colleges...

Education 06/21/2024

PROVIDENCE – Less than a year after becoming Curry College’s new president, Jay Gonzalez needed to find a way to make his Milton, Mass.-based...

Defense manufacturer Anduril Industries to build new $8.3M facility at Quonset...

Editor's Choice 06/11/2024

NORTH KINGSTOWN – A California-based defense technology manufacturer, which has a facility in Quincy, Mass., will construct a new site in the Quonset Business...

HEALTHY CHANGE: Rosemary A. Costigan began her career in health care and worked at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island in Pawtucket for more than 20 years before becoming the Community College of Rhode Island’s interim president.  COURTESY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND

Costigan always felt at home at CCRI

Business Services 05/24/2024

2024 Business Women Awards INDUSTRY LEADER | EDUCATION: Rosemary A. Costigan Community College of Rhode Island interim president A RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE and first-generation college...

KRISTIN URBACH has left the North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce as its executive director to lead the Connecticut Wind Collaborative. /PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Urbach departs N.K. Chamber to lead Connecticut Wind Collaborative

Business Services 04/16/2024

NORTH KINGSTOWN – After leading the local Chamber of Commerce for nearly a decade as its executive director and spearheading multiple workforce development initiatives...

GENERAL DYNAMICS Corp. on Wednesday reported a profit of $3.32 billion for 2023, a decline of 2.2% from the year before. / COURTESY GENERAL DYNAMICS ELECTRIC BOAT

General Dynamics reports $3.32B profit in 2023

Economic Activity 01/24/2024

PROVIDENCE – General Dynamics Corp. on Wednesday reported a profit of $3.32 billion for 2023, down 2.2% from the $3.39 billion posted a year...

READY MODE: Kolby Gomes went through pipefitter training through the partnership program operated by General Dynamics Electric Boat and the Community College of Rhode Island as he prepares to start a career with the submarine builder.  PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Class of their own: More employers partnering with local colleges

Cover Story 01/19/2024

Although he had some experience working in construction, Kolby Gomes says learning the ins and outs of pipefitting was like studying a foreign language. But...

JOB TRAINING: Student Jenn Brown pours a solution into a jacketed reactor at the Westerly Education Center. The work is part of a course on process technology offered by the Community College of Rhode Island.  COURTESY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND

State, businesses investing in workforce training

Editorial and Op-Ed 01/19/2024

Complaints about too many students coming out of school ill-equipped for today’s workforce are still common here and in other states. But Rhode Island’s...