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Bill would require R.I. gun owners to lock firearms when not...

Government 03/20/2024

PROVIDENCE (AP) – The Rhode Island Senate approved a bill that would require all firearms, when not being used by the owner or another...

BATTLE TESTED: Margaux Morisseau, co-chair of the Rhode Island Coalition for Payday Reform, has been fighting against payday lenders and the lobbyists for years, and she feels the momentum is swinging her group’s way now.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Activists won’t abandon payday lending fight

Economy 09/15/2023

It has not been a lucky year for Georgina Paulino. The Westerly resident’s partner was injured and is out of work. The care of...

BROADENING EDUCATION: Staff members at the Equity Institute work together in Providence. The institute is an education-based nonprofit that develops programs for teachers, administrators and the community, with a focus on creating diversity, equity, inclusion and anit-racist policies. PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

A pipeline for teachers from communities of color

Education 12/09/2022

PBN 2022 Diversity Equity & Inclusion Awards Training: Equity Institute The origins of the Equity Institute are rooted in the personal lives and barriers confronted...

New pilot program from digiAGE to help non-tech seniors get online,...

Technology 12/15/2020

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Office of Healthy Aging, University of Rhode Island and Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island have announced a...

UNEXPECTED: Rick Simone, executive director of the Federal Hill Commerce Association, says restaurants at DePasquale Square in Providence were caught by surprise by the activist group PROVX’s protest on Aug. 24. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Racial-justice protests put businesses in tough spot

Food & Agriculture 09/04/2020

Tensions are mounting between activists with the Black Lives Matter movement and the small-business community. At issue is whether the disruption caused by demonstrations, and...