Tag: Gina M. Raimondo
PBN on WJAR-TV, May 29, 2018
Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on WJAR-TV NBC 10’s Coffee Break to discuss the newspaper’s most recent cover story and other...
Providence-Newport ferry service returns
PROVIDENCE – The Providence-Newport ferry service resumed Friday, just in time for Memorial Day weekend.
The ferry will run through Columbus Day weekend this year....
R.I. Supreme Court denies appeals on state pension settlement
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Supreme Court denied the appeals against the state pension class action settlement made in 2015 on Friday, affirming the judgement...
Paying for badly needed school upgrades now will limit future borrowing....
Trinity Briceno, a senior at Cranston East High School, didn’t attend school between December and April.
She was hospitalized in November after students and teachers...
‘Economic gardener’ Schartner an R.I. small-business booster
Honoree | Tuni Schartner, TS Consulting/TRS Strategies
Tuni Schartner is an energetic facilitator and unapologetic cheerleader in growing the state’s economy, especially in southern Rhode...
Taking on debt for schools a good idea only if R.I....
According to a 2016 study, more than 100 debt-issuing entities in the state accounted for a total of more than $10.5 billion in debt...
R.I. selects Deepwater for 400 MW wind farm
PROVIDENCE – Deepwater Wind LLC has been selected by Rhode Island to build a 400-megawatt offshore wind farm called the Revolution Wind project, which...
All 25 R.I. ‘Qualified Opportunity Zones’ approved by feds
PROVIDENCE – All 25 areas that Gov. Gina M. Raimondo and the R.I. Commerce Corp. submitted for designation as “Qualified Opportunity Zones” were approved...
Sixteen applicants are vying for shares of $20M Rhode Island hopes...
Is the future of Rhode Island employment in microgreens? Or is it in super-fast, quantum computers, innovative new materials or promising cancer treatments?
How does...
DEM awards 3 R.I. farms grants for energy efficiency
PROVIDENCE – Three farms in Foster, Little Compton, and Smithfield will aim to decrease costs and upgrade business operations with a combined $54,000 in...