Tag: Pandemic
Unemployment scams adding up in R.I.
Scam unemployment claims continue to cost Rhode Island, with more than $70.5 million in fraudulent payouts racked up since the start of the COVID-19...
Are we going back to the igloos?
The winter of 2022 is here. It is the second full winter under the COVID-19 pandemic. During the first winter, The idea of living...
Looking back on 2021
Was 2021 a good year for your company?
Yes: 83%
Somewhat: 17%
No: 0%
Was your company able to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic?
Yes: 83%
Somewhat: 17%
No: 0%
Did your...
ALL IN with Bally’s: But how risky is R.I.’s heavy reliance...
Rhode Island has come to rely heavily on Justin Kane and other recreational gamblers like him.
Kane, a Providence real estate investor, likes to blow...
Is R.I. vaccine ‘smart card’ needed?
Whether it’s called a vaccine passport or a vaccine smart card, the 401Health cellphone app, a COVID-19 vaccination verification tool, needs to remain optional,...
R.I. leaders need to see the risk in dependence on gambling...
Nevada may be the nation’s gambling mecca, but it still trails runaway national leader Rhode Island in per capita revenue collected from gambling.
Yet, as...
Will new COVID-19 variant, supply-chain worries alter holiday shopping season?
Fears that retailers might not be able to restock shelves and that a new COVID-19 variant will curtail public gatherings and activities have apparently...
R.I. needs to get with the times on minority contracting
The state historically has failed miserably in ensuring minority-owned businesses get their fair share of tens of millions of dollars in state contracts.
That looked...
Call to arms for government, businesses
On the occasion of Providence Business News’ 35th anniversary, six business and community leaders joined in a virtual discussion on Rhode Island’s economy –...
McKee: Find the opportunities in economic challenges
(Editor’s note: This essay is part of PBN’s 35th anniversary publication, which can be viewed here.)
As a small-business owner, former mayor and lieutenant governor...
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