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Mental health at the workplace: 5 strategies

COVID-19 has inflicted a serious mental health toll on many U.S. workers. Those workers are better able to navigate mental health issues when their employers...
TEAM MEMBERS: Ocean House executive chef Matthew Voskuil, left, and Wine Director Jonathan Feiler. / 
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Dining Out: Building a special ‘village’

Operating a luxury resort means the ordinary isn’t enough. The Ocean House on the scenic Rhode Island coastline in Westerly revealed a transformation of its...

COVID falling in 49 of 50 states as deaths near 900,000

New cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. are falling in at least 49 of 50 states as omicron rapidly loosens its grip, even as...
FOCAL POINT: Warwick Mayor Frank J. Picozzi stands on Conimicut Point with the Conimicut Shoal Lighthouse in the background. Picozzi wants to use some of the city’s federal COVID-19 relief funds to renovate the historic beacon.  / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Ready to spend: R.I. cities, towns have differing ideas about how...

The historic Conimicut Shoal Lighthouse at the mouth of the Providence River is far from being the shining beacon it once was, but Warwick...
APPEALING BENEFIT: Agueda Del Borgo, left, president of the Rhode Island Association of Realtors, and Ann Enos, professional development director for the association, agree that the lifestyle of a real estate agent, and being able to work an accommodating schedule, has been attractive to people looking for a new job. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Online Realtor training helps fuel rush of students

A combination of a red-hot ­residential real estate market, the rising popularity of house-flipping reality shows, the “great resignation” and the convenience of Zoom-based...

Revenue windfall pushes states to consider range of tax cuts

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – Soaring tax revenue and billions in pandemic aid from the federal government have left many states with an unusual problem...
SPACE MAKING: Derek Sharp, left, senior project manager for Suffolk Construction Co., and Kim Ward, Bally’s Corp.’s regional executive director of public and community affairs, check the progress on the $100 million expansion project at Bally’s Twin River Lincoln Casino. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

After huge pandemic losses, governments see rapid rebound

State and local governments lost at least $117 billion of expected revenue early in the pandemic, according to an Associated Press analysis, but many...
GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE during his State of the State address Tuesday proposed creating a Rhode Island Higher Ed Academy to help Rhode Islanders pursue higher education and training that may not only increase the state’s overall workforce but also put the Ocean State on a path toward long-term economic recovery. AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

Was Gov. Daniel J. McKee right to commit all of the...

Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s proposed $12.8 billion fiscal 2023 budget commits all of the state’s roughly $1 billion in remaining American Rescue Plan Act...

Fed plans to raise rates as soon as March to cool...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday that it plans to begin raising its benchmark interest rate as soon as March, a key...

McKee issues executive order to aid staffing issues at R.I. nursing...

PROVIDENCE – Due to continued stresses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Daniel J. McKee issued an executive order on Friday that would provide...
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