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Cox Communications to end legal challenges to R.I.’s broadband expansion

PROVIDENCE – Cox Communications on Friday said it will not pursue any more legal actions against R.I. Commerce Corp. over the state's rollout of...
TEST PERIOD: Ian Estaphan Owen, owner of Jaia Robotics LLC in Bristol, holds a version of one of his company’s autonomous underwater vehicles during a demonstration in Narragansett Bay in 2022. Jaia has used $74,535 from the state’s Innovation Voucher Program to test the vehicles’ ability to sample water environmental DNA. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Voucher program gives innovative R.I. companies a boost

Gregory Calderiso was trying to reduce the anxiety he was feeling during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 when he discovered mindful breathing. Focusing on his...
STATE OF THE CITY: New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell will deliver the 2025 “State of the City” address on Jan. 29 at New Bedford High School. 
COURTESY JON MITCHELL

Editor’s Choice: One SouthCoast Chamber to host luncheon with New Bedford...

EDITOR’S CHOICE One SouthCoast Chamber to host luncheon with N.B. mayor ONE SOUTHCOAST CHAMBER of Commerce will host the 2025 State of the City...

McKee proposes $14.2B state budget that ‘bends the cost curve’

PROVIDENCE – Seeking to “right-size” state government, Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Thursday released his $14.2 billion spending proposal for the next fiscal year,...

Businesses must ‘make their voices heard’ on state budget

House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi’s Jan. 8 address at the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce’s Eggs & Issues Breakfast “Shekarchi: No money for...

Five things to watch in McKee’s 2025 State of the State

With the 2025 legislative session officially begun, the focus turns to Gov. Daniel J. McKee and his scheduled State of the State address next...
Anika Kimble-Huntley, / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

‘All that’ and a giant quahog: Tourism chief takes R.I.’s effort...

Anika Kimble-Huntley has learned that being the state’s chief tourism marketer involves certain responsibilities that go beyond the published job description. She took the R.I....
SALES PITCH: R.I. Commerce Corp.’s “All That” tourism campaign won industry recognition for destination marketing from Travel Weekly. 
COURTESY R.I. ­COMMERCE CORP.

R.I.’s best brand ambassadors are still its residents

Early returns on the state’s new “All That” tourism campaign have been mostly positive, though it’s not clear yet whether that’s translated to increased...
WHAT’S ON TAP: R.I. House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, D-Warwick, will be the guest speaker at the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce’s Eggs & Issues Breakfast event on Jan. 8 at Kirkbrae Country Club in Warwick. 
AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

Editor’s Choice: R.I. House Speaker Shekarchi to talk at NRI Chamber...

EDITOR’S CHOICE R.I. House Speaker Shekarchito talk at NRI Chamber event THE NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND Chamber of Commerce will have R.I. House Speaker K....
R.I. COMMERCE CORP.’S board of directors on Monday approved $1 million in tax credits and jobs incentives to subsidize the establishment of Saab Inc.’s Autonomous Undersea division at Bristol’s Unity Park. The board also approved $2.68 million in tax incentives for the owners of Unity Park to redevelop a building in the complex for Saab's use.

Saab gets tax deal to build, test undersea vehicles in Bristol

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. board approved $3.7 million in combined tax credits and jobs incentives Monday to subsidize the establishment of Saab...
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