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RIPTA’s not the only public agency feeling effects of labor shortage
Like many companies in the private sector, some state agencies and municipalities are struggling to fill positions amid a severe labor shortage.
The R.I. Public...
An answer to downtown’s grocery store needs?
The COVID-19 pandemic may have altered the use of downtown districts throughout the country, but two grocery businesses are betting it hasn’t changed the...
Providence $500M bond issue to ease pension woes in jeopardy because...
Rising interest rates have thrown a monkey wrench into Providence’s plan to borrow $500 million to ease its deepening pension problems, and some say...
Ballot errors teaching R.I. lessons
A series of errors plagued the first two weeks of early voting in Rhode Island’s primary elections, but experts say voters can be confident...
Providence business community still worried about bike lanes
It’s been more than a year since Providence installed a bike lane on South Water Street despite opposition from businesses, but it’s apparently done...
Who will be eligible for reparations?
Black and Indigenous people aren’t the only ones who stand to benefit from Providence’s racial reparations plan.
As proposed by a city panel, the services...
Many argue lack of downtown parking not the problem it once...
A longtime concern of visitors to downtown Providence – the lack of parking – has become a less-pressing issue as the city is still...
Early opt-in on cannabis for some R.I. communities
Although Rhode Island became the 19th state to legalize recreational cannabis as of May, local voters in most municipalities will have the final say...
Will R.I.’s new registry discourage short-term vacation property rentals?
State business regulators are going to start taking names – and charging fees – of Rhode Island property owners who rent out their homes...
Concerns raised over expanded e-bike, scooter program
Some neighborhood and business leaders in Providence are worried that the city’s plan to allow more rental electric bikes and scooters on the streets...
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