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Revolution Wind project on track for completion this year, developer says

The offshore Revolution Wind project is nearing completion after nearly three years of work based out of the State Pier in New London, Conn.,...
READY FOR BATTLE: Gov. Daniel J. McKee takes the podium as state and labor officials join forces in August 2025 to protest President Donald Trump’s effort to halt work on the Revolution Wind offshore wind farm. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/MATTHEW MCNULTY

On the workforce development front, headwinds persist

In 2022, excitement surged in the state after Breeze Airways announced plans to establish a permanent base at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport...
Michael Sabitoni

Driving Forces: Michael Sabitoni

Michael Sabitoni Laborers’ International Union of North America general secretary ­treasurer; Rhode Island Building and Construction Trades Council president AS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S administration took drastic steps...
IN GOOD COMPANY: The R.I. Commerce Corp. board meets at Cumberland-based baby product company Baby Delight Inc. in June for a strategic retreat to discuss economic and workforce trends. Gov. Daniel J. McKee, third from the left, leads the meeting. 
COURTESY R.I. COMMERCE CORP.

ELECTION26: Gubernatorial race puts performance of R.I. Commerce in spotlight

On the top floor of the Wexford Science & Technology building overlooking Providence’s I-195 District, Gov. Daniel J. McKee stood before business executives and...
POOL PARTY: Rubber duckies are dropped into the test tank at the University of Rhode Island’s new Ocean Robotics Laboratory at an underwater ribbon cutting in June. 
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URI’s ocean robotics hub feeds wave of innovation

Inside a large test tank at the University of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay Campus, a remotely operated vehicle recently sliced through a floating ribbon...

Appeals court judge nixes Trump attempt to block wind-energy development

PROVIDENCE – Attorneys general from 17 states, including R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, scored another legal victory over the Trump administration. The United States...
Helena Buonanno Foulkes

R.I. can offer so much to believe in

During my 25 years at CVS Health Corp., I watched the same pattern play out over and over: We recruited people to our Woonsocket...

Lombardi named president of Green Oceans

LITTLE COMPTON – Michael Lombardi, an underwater diving scientist, technologist and contractor, has been named president of Green Oceans, the nonprofit organization announced Monday.  Lombardi, a...
­Christopher Niezreck

$2B buyoff to cancel offshore wind is bad deal

The U.S. is in a bizarre situation in 2026: It’s facing a looming energy shortage, yet the Trump administration is making deals to pay...

GE Vernova challenges Vineyard Wind’s claims of harm if it leaves...

GE Vernova is still trying to get out of its contract with Vineyard Wind, arguing last week that the activation of the offshore wind...
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