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Commerce board members want close eye kept on new venture capital...
When a $2 million proposal to start a state-sponsored venture capital fund to spur more high-potential startups came before the R.I. Commerce Corp. board...
PBN summit: Past missteps, current limbo still hampering legal cannabis sector
PROVIDENCE – In some ways, challenges facing Rhode Island’s legal cannabis industry were born from decisions made years ago.
The panel discussion during Providence Business...
Federal commercial real estate cancellations surprise R.I. landlords
PROVIDENCE – Mary Sadlier was surprised when she opened an email from the General Services Administration last week.
The agency informed Sadlier the federal government...
Bank of America gifts $1M to Crossroads, Women & Infants Hospital
PROVIDENCE – Women & Infants Hospital and Crossroads Rhode Island are the beneficiaries of $1 million in grants from Bank of America Corp. to...
McKee announces reelection bid via campaign video
PROVIDENCE – It’s official, Gov. Daniel J. McKee will seek another four-year term in 2026.
In a two-minute video released by his campaign Monday morning,...
PBN’s 2025 Business of Cannabis Summit slated for March 6
PROVIDENCE – The impact of recently released draft rules and regulations governing the state’s adult-use marijuana industry is among the topics to be discussed...
R.I. Foundation awards $130K in grants to 22 organizations supporting Black...
PROVIDENCE – Twenty-two nonprofit organizations that serve the state’s Black community were awarded close to $130,000 in grants from the Rhode Island Foundation, the...
Report: Hasbro’s potential HQ move could be announced by week’s end
PAWTUCKET – An announcement on Hasbro Inc.’s potential move to Massachusetts may be imminent.
WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported Wednesday that officials in Pawtucket are expecting...
Commerce Corp. approves creation of Rhode Island Venture Capital Fund
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Commerce Corp.’s board of directors on Monday voted unanimously to hire Oregon-based Rogue Venture Capital to manage a newly created venture...
‘We’re literally waiting by the telephones’: Edesia inventory is moving, though...
NORTH KINGSTOWN – It's been an intense last couple of weeks for Edesia Inc.
The Rhode Island-based humanitarian aid organization has seen a stop-work order...
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