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Businesses work to get back to normal after record snowfall, albeit...

PROVIDENCE – Short-staffing, work backlogs, power outages and, of course, mountains of snow greeted workers and employers as business began reopening across the state...

McKee: Travel ban lifted ‘to make sure our businesses can open...

CRANSTON – The statewide travel ban was lifted at noon Tuesday, a move Gov. Daniel J. McKee said was one step toward getting the state...

Rhode Island Energy warns some customers could be without power for...

PROVIDENCE – Some Rhode Island Energy customers could be without power until Feb. 26 as the state endures a historic nor'easter that has left...

Electric Boat adding 3,500 jobs at Quonset Point

NORTH KINGSTOWN – General Dynamics Electric Boat is adding 3,500 jobs at Quonset Point as the company ramps up its nuclear submarine production.  General Dynamics...

List: Telecommunications Dealers

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KARL WADENSTEN, third from the left, CEO and president VIBCO Inc., speaks at the Providence Business News Workforce Development Summit on Thursday morning. Also on the first of two panels is, from left, Matthew Weldon, director of the R.I. Department of Labor and Training; Farouk Rajab, CEO and president of the Rhode Island Hospitality Association and the Rhode Island Hospitality Education Foundation; and Rosa Brito, workforce development manager for Brown University Health. PBN Editor Michael Mello, standing, moderated. PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN summit: Skills gaps, demographics challenges linger for R.I. workforce

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s labor market is stable by the numbers, with unemployment below 5% for more than four years, yet for many employers,...
THE MEDIAN price of single-family homes sold in Bristol County, Mass., increased to $510,000 in January, rising 6.7% from a year ago. / AP FILE PHOTO/ROGELIO V. SOLIS

Median home price in Bristol County, Mass., up to $510K in...

PROVIDENCE – The median price of single-family homes sold in Bristol County, Mass., increased to $510,000 in January, rising 6.7% from a year ago,...

Large solar farm completed on capped Coventry landfill

COVENTRY – A solar project built on a capped Arnold Road landfill that is estimated to power more than 1,100 homes is now finished, the town...
RHODE ISLAND closed 2025 with another month of economic contraction, signaling an ongoing recession, says University of Rhode Island economist and professor Leonard Lardaro. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Lardaro: Data still signals recession in R.I.

PROVIDENCE – The state's economy still has the look and feel of a recession, failing to build momentum in December after hopeful signs of...

Senesco Marine lands ferry contract that will support 200 R.I. jobs

NORTH KINGSTOWN – Senesco Marine LLC has received a contract from the Delaware River and Bay Authority that the company says will support 200...
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