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THE WARMUP: A legislative study commission on climate change meets in December at the Statehouse, weeks before the full General Assembly convenes to start the 2025 legislative session. Testifying are Thomas Guthlein, left, R.I. Emergency Management Agency associate director; and Melinda Hopkins, the agency’s planning branch chief.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

FALLING SHORT: Projected $330M deficit has General Assembly prepping for belt-tightening

Cover Story 01/03/2025

For Rhode Island legislators, what’s old is new again. After three years of surpluses, state budget officials are now projecting that the government is facing...

THE CRANSTON STREET ARMORY in Providence has been named one of the Providence Preservation Society's 2024 most endangered places. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Providence Preservation Society lists 2024 most endangered places

News Story 01/24/2024

PROVIDENCE – A prominent city skyscraper, a pair of school buildings and an armory building that has been a subject of developmental controversy over...

Armory up, ‘Superman’ on deck

Editorial and Op-Ed 07/21/2023

Providence leaders have some big decisions to make about the future of the Cranston Street Armory and the “Superman” building. The state’s termination of a...

PBN earns 9 RIPA awards

Industries 05/01/2023

WARWICK – Providence Business News earned nine awards, including a pair of first-place honors, at the annual Rhode Island Press Association Editorial Awards Banquet at...

OPEN SPACE:  Meliza Urquhart, community manager at Paragon Mill in Providence, shows one of the new units offered at “workforce” rates for people who earn between 80% and 120% of the area’s median income. Demand in that slice of the housing market is far beyond the supply.  PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

MAKING ROOM In the MIDDLE: R.I. struggles to create workforce housing,...

Cover Story 04/28/2023

For nursing assistant Johnbray Brown, moving into a workforce-rate unit in the renovated Paragon Mill in Providence’s Olneyville neighborhood was a hard-won victory spanning...

BRENT RUNYON will step down as executive director of the Providence Preservation Society. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Providence Preservation Society director Runyon to step down

News Story 02/01/2023

PROVIDENCE – When Brent Runyon moved to Rhode Island in 2013 to take the role of Providence Preservation Society’s executive director, he was at...

THE PROVIDENCE PUBLIC SCHOOL District has been noted as the Providence Preservation Society's 2023 Most Endangered Properties. / COURTESY GOOGLE INC.

Providence Preservation Society lists 2023 most endangered properties

News Story 01/31/2023

PROVIDENCE – The Providence Preservation Society on Tuesday released its 2023 Most Endangered Properties list, which will also be shared during the society’s annual...

Most-read stories on PBN.com, April 2022

Subscriber Only 05/13/2022

1. $220M renovation plan unveiled for ‘Superman’ building POSTED ONLINE: APRIL 12. Gov. Daniel J. McKee, state officials and Industrial Trust Co. Building owner High Rock...

LASTING MARK? Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza, who cannot run in November for another term, is hopeful a renovated Industrial Trust Co. Building will add to the vibrancy of Kennedy Plaza, which the city is eying for a $140 million overhaul. / PBN PHOTO/PAMELA BHATIA

TO THE RESCUE? ‘Superman’ building project could key downtown recovery

Coronavirus 04/29/2022

The Industrial Trust Co. Building holds a towering place in Neil D. Steinberg’s memory. He started his banking career there nearly half a century ago,...