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BALLY'S CORP. CASINO EXECUTIVES and state officials, including Gov. Daniel J. McKee, left, gather in 2021 outside Bally's Twin River Casino and Hotel in Lincoln to mark the start of a $100 million expansion project at the casino. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MARC LAROCQUE

Can R.I. afford to say ‘no’ to Bally’s iGaming proposal?

The inextricable ties between Bally’s Corp. and state government will be on display as the General Assembly vets a request from the operator of...

List: Physical Therapists & Sports Medicine Centers

Total number of clinicians: 743 The complete list is available for purchase online. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make additions or corrections,...
GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE announced Thursday that Rhode Island will receive $61.7 million in federal funds from the Biden administration's State Small Business Credit Incentive. / AP FILE PHOTO/STEVE SENNE

R.I. receives $61.7M in federal funds from Biden’s State Small Business...

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will be getting a major federal financial award courtesy of the Biden administration’s State Small Business Credit Incentive. Gov. Daniel J....

Prosecutors press forward after uncovering $8.9M in COVID-19 relief fraud across...

PROVIDENCE – It started with a phone call to a local police department. A resident warned that two local businessmen had applied for federal...

Rep. Cicilline resigning from Congress to lead Rhode Island Foundation

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation has found its successor to Neil D. Steinberg, and it is a familiar face to the Ocean State...
COLLIN GEISELMAN has been nominated by Gov. Daniel J. McKee to become the state's next public defender. / COURTESY ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW

McKee nominates Geiselman to be next R.I. public defender

PROVIDENCE – Collin Geiselman, who has served as the state’s assistant public defender for two decades and also since 2015 as the state’s chief...
S&P GLOBAL RATINGS reaffirmed its negative outlook on Care New England Health System and is keeping the B+ rating in place. Kent County Memorial Hospital is owned by CNE. / COURTESY KENT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

S&P reaffirms negative outlook on Care New England’s bond rating

PROVIDENCE – S&P Global Ratings has reaffirmed its negative outlook on Care New England Health System and kept the state’ second largest hospital group’s...

List: Public Companies in Rhode Island

Ranked by revenue: 1. CVS Health Corp. | Revenue: $322.5 billion 2. Verizon Communications Inc. | Revenue: $136.8 billion 3. Bank of America Corp. | Revenue: $95 billion The complete list is available for...

List: Rhode Island Property Tax Rates

Ranked by residential tax rates 1. Johnston | Residential tax rate 2023: $23.24 per $1,000 2. North Providence | Residential tax rate 2023: $22.81 per $1,000 3. Foster | Residential tax rate 2023:...
THE PANEL at Providence Business News' 2023 Workforce Development Summit on Thursday includes, from left, Julie Matthew, Amgen Inc. manufacturing director; Nina Pande, Skills for Rhode Island's Future executive director; Bill Schmiedeknecht, Lifespan Corp. interim senior vice president of human resources and chief human resources officer; Doug Sherman, New England Institute of Technology senior vice president and provost; and Matthew Weldon, R.I. Department of Labor and Training director. Moderating is PBN Editor Michael Mello, standing at right. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN Summit: ‘Human capital is your single greatest investment’ for a...

PROVIDENCE – As Rhode Island’s largest private employer, Lifespan Corp. hires about 100 new employees each month.  While that’s an improvement on earlier COVID-19-induced hiring...
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