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A WORK IN PROGRESS: Competing agencies and their often at-odds agendas continue to make development in Providence less robust than it might be.   / PBN FILE PHOTO/ PAMELA BHATIA

PBN on WJAR-TV, Oct. 29, 2018

Government 10/29/2018

Despite some permitting improvements, developers often “going nowhere fast” in Providence Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on WJAR-TV NBC 10’s Coffee Break to...

SHATTERED DREAM: Pictured is the site of the former Apex department store in downtown Pawtucket, which had been the proposed location for a new ballpark for the Pawtucket Red Sox until the team announced it found a better deal with Worcester, Mass., where it will be moving in two years./ PBN FILE PHOTO/PAMELA BHATIA

PBN on WJAR-TV, Oct. 9, 2018

Rich Media 10/10/2018

With the dream of a gleaming new ballpark gone, Pawtucket businesses look to city leaders for a boost. Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy...

NEW ECONOMY: Rhode Island gubernatorial candidate Giovanni Feroce, former CEO of Alex and Ani LLC, wants to design a new economy for the state, which he sees as a hub for blockchain, an emerging technology he says will replace the internet.  / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

PBN on WJAR-TV, Sept. 4, 2018

Elections 09/04/2018

Self-described visionary Giovanni Feroce wants to disrupt how R.I. does business. Will voters follow? Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on WJAR-TV NBC...

GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO said Thursday the state has cut the volume of regulations for businesses by almost one-third.  / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

PBN on WJAR-TV, Aug. 6, 2018

Elections 08/07/2018

Gov. Raimondo sees a growing state economy to be proud of. But is that the story from her first term voters will care the...

A DIFFERING VIEW OF GOVERNORSHIP: Matt Brown, a candidate for governor who will oppose Gina Raimondo on the Democratic ballot, does not belief that many of the governor's economic incentives are effective or good public policy. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

PBN on WJAR-TV, July 16, 2018

Elections 07/17/2018

Matt Brown wants R.I.’s governor to focus less on business interests and more on struggling Rhode Islanders. Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears...

LOOKING TO MAKE A CHANGE: Cranston Mayor and gubernatorial candidate Allan W. Fung is looking to reverse the outcome of the election four years ago, when he lost to Gina M. Raimondo for the top Rhode Island office. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

PBN on WJAR-TV, June 25, 2018

Elections 06/25/2018

Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on WJAR-TV NBC 10’s Coffee Break to discuss the newspaper’s most recent cover story and other...

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Carpionato Group President and Chief Operating Office Kelly Coates details the many investments the company has made and is still making in Rhode Island, including in Cranston's Chapel View and in the former Interstate 195 land in Providence. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

PBN on WJAR-TV, June 11, 2018

Economic Activity 06/12/2018

Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on WJAR-TV NBC 10’s Coffee Break to discuss the newspaper’s most recent cover story and other...

IN SEARCH OF INNOVATION: The Universiry of Rhode Island's Bay Campus in Narragansett is the home of the Ocean Science Exploration Center and the Inner Space Center. They form the core of one of 16 projects that the state is considering for innovation hubs connected to URI. From left, Kyle Sidlik, media production, Holly Morin, marine biologist and education specialist, in the Inner Space Center. PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

PBN on WJAR-TV, May 21, 2018

Rich Media 05/23/2018

Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on WJAR-TV NBC 10’s Coffee Break to discuss the newspaper’s most recent cover story and other...

PBN STAFF WRITER Eli Sherman, second from right, earned first place honors in the Rhode Island Press Association's annual journalism contest in the Investigative/Analytical News Story category ahead of the Providence Journal's Amanda Milkovits, left, Katherine Gregg and representing Katie Mulvaney on the far right, Journal Executive Editor Alan Rosenberg. / COURTESY PAUL J. SPETRINI PHOTOGRAPHY

PBN takes two first-place awards in R.I. Press annual contest

Economic Activity 04/30/2018

NORTH KINGSTOWN – Providence Business News’ stories took first-place honors in two categories in the annual Rhode Island Press Association journalism contest, based on...