Tag: infrastructure
Business owners not rushing to expand post-pandemic
Rhode Island business owners know they have been through worse but they’re not quite ready to say that’s all behind them.
That’s the biggest takeaway...
Wright-Pierce helps build a better future
PBN Fastest Growing Companies 2023
$25 million to $75 million No. 4. Wright-Pierce
CEO (or equivalent): Paul Birkel, CEO and president
2022 revenue: $57.5 million
2020 revenue:...
Bristol’s Revolutionary Heritage Byway gets $750K for upgrades
BRISTOL – The Revolutionary Heritage Byway is getting a $750,000 upgrade.
Sens. Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., joined state and local officials Wednesday to...
R.I. ranks No. 45 on CNBC’s 2023 top states for business...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked No. 45 among all states for the second straight year in CNBC’s “America’s Top States for Business 2023" rankings...
McKee unveils budget proposals to spur housing across state
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee and Secretary of Housing Stefan Pryor on Friday announced a package of housing proposals, which include a low-income...
Our aging infrastructure is under pressure from climate change
The 1960s and 1970s were a golden age of infrastructure development in the U.S., with the expansion of the interstate system and widespread construction...
McKee eyes infrastructure upgrades at Port of Galilee
NARRAGANSETT – Rodman Sykes says the docks that his fishing vessels tie up to at the Port of Galilee have taken a beating over...
100 R.I. infrastructure projects to be accelerated with federal funding
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Wednesday said the state will use federal money to accelerate more than 100 infrastructure projects.
Rhode Island received...
McKee: R.I. ‘resilient and full of opportunity’
PROVIDENCE – Standing before a masked audience at the Statehouse, Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Tuesday struck a hopeful tone in promising to push...
Look past election year for big ideas on pandemic aid
While the health and financial threats posed by an ongoing pandemic remain ever-present in the Ocean State, the General Assembly begins 2022 in the...