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McKee sends top aide to ‘oversee’ RIDOT’s Washington Bridge response 

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Monday announced he has tapped a senior aide to oversee the R.I. Department of Transportation's response to...

Underlying issues cloud state’s positive economy in Q4, RIPEC says

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s economy showed positive results in the fourth quarter of 2023 even though underlying issues remain, according to a new report...
THE R.I. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION was awarded an $81 million federal grant to improve the connections between Interstate 95 and Quonset Business Park, including completing the ramps between Interstate 95 and Route 4. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

RIDOT awarded $81M federal grant for freeway connection to Quonset Business...

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Transportation will receive $81 million in federal funding to build highway ramps that will allow for a smoother...
R.I. COMMERCE SECRETARY Elizabeth M. Tanner, second from left, discusses the state's economic picture at Providence Business News' Economic Trends Summit on Wednesday morning at the Providence Marriott. Also participating in the panel discussion is, from left, William C. Tsonos, Bank Rhode Island CEO and president; Thomas Sweeney, owner and principal of Sweeney Real Estate & Appraisal; Marianne Raimondo, dean of the Rhode Island College School of Business; and Kristen Adamo, president of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau. The discussion was moderated by PBN Editor Michael Mello, far right. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN summit: A soft landing for economy that’s still ‘fragile underneath’

PROVIDENCE – The likelihood of a recession, once thought inevitable, will be forestalled or fail to materialize, at least within the next 12 to...

Ethics commission drops complaint against Gov. McKee

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Ethics Commission has dismissed a state Republican Party complaint against Gov. Daniel J. McKee over a lunch meeting with a...
THE MEDIAN price of single-family homes sold in Rhode Island climbed 9.5% in December from a year earlier, while sales fell for the 20h consecutive month, the Rhode Island Association of Realtors says. / AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

R.I.’s median home price rises to $427K in December

WARWICK – The median price of single-family homes sold in Rhode Island continued to climb in December, rising 9.5% from a year earlier, while...
MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE attended Providence Business News' 2024 Book of Lists Premier Event on Thursday at the Graduate Providence. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN debuts 2024 Book of Lists

PROVIDENCE – More than 200 business and nonprofit representatives spent Thursday evening at the Graduate Providence networking with one another, as well as obtaining...

Lists: High-Tech Funding Sources

Number of sources in Mass.: 10 Number of sources in R.I.: 9 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or...

Lists: Meeting & Convention Facilities

Most meeting rooms: Four Points by Sheraton Norwood Meeting rooms: 30 Largest seating capacity: Amica Mutual Pavilion Seating capacity: 14,000 Maximum banquet seats: The R.I. Convention Center Banquet seats:...

Lists: Regional Hotels

Total number of guest rooms: 4,628 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make additions or...
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