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TAKING THE LEAD: Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza says he’s proud that the Providence Police Department was the first in the state to adopt body cameras for its police officers. He said the program has been well-received, adding it helps to calm people down because they know they are being recorded, while also allowing “the entire picture” of an incident to get out.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Can a self-described ‘pro[business]-growth progressive’ mayor boost investment in Providence?

Cover Story 09/28/2018

The son of Guatemalan immigrants who settled in the West End of Providence, Mayor Jorge O. Elorza is a pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps story: The first in...

FAVORABLE CHANGES: Rick Simone, executive director of the Federal Hill Commerce Association, said merchants in the Federal Hill section of Providence are pleased with changes to the city’s licensing and permitting system that have made the process faster and easier, adding the city’s Board of Licenses has been more responsive to merchant concerns.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Providence mayoral candidates vie for pulse on small businesses

Cover Story 09/28/2018

It may be hard to think of the many rundown and abandoned houses that have tarnished Providence’s neighborhoods in the context of small business...

$50M apartment rehabilitation underway in South Providence

Real Estate 09/27/2018

PROVIDENCE – A national real estate investment company that owns low-income housing has committed to a $50 million rehabilitation of the Barbara Jordan I...

R.I. provides financial support for students who witnessed shooting

Financial Services 09/18/2018

PROVIDENCE – The state is providing students who witnessed the recent fatal shooting outside a Providence school with a financial service of a different...

Solares-Hand named director of operations for Providence

Government 09/14/2018

SABRINA SOLARES-HAND recently became Providence’s new director of operations. Prior to working for the city as its associate director for purchasing beginning in July...

PROVIDENCE MAYOR Jorge O. Elorza announced an Urban Innovation Partnership, a coalition between the city and "anchor institutions," to focus on the development of the city's two innovation districts and to focus on implementing a"smart city" plan. / PBN FILE PHOTO / STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

Providence announces creation of Urban Innovation Partnership

Government 09/10/2018

PROVIDENCE – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza announced Monday the creation of an Urban Innovation Partnership between the city and “anchor institutions” located in Providence. The...

PROPERTY PLANS: Christine M. West, principal at KITE Architects in Providence, looks at some residential plans for a property in Exeter with Albert Garcia, principal.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Business is good, but many companies take a “wait-and-see” attitude

Cover Story 09/07/2018

Business continues to be good for most Rhode Island companies, and a majority expect that to continue, though their optimism is tempered by uncertainty...

Electrical bikes hit Providence streets

Government 09/06/2018

PROVIDENCE – Over the next few days, you may start to see people buzzing around the city on red electrically-charged bicycles. Beginning Thursday, electricity-aided bikes...