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PERRY RASSO, owner of Matunuck Oyster Farm stands with a cage that his business grows oysters in. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Commerce awards two $50K innovation vouchers

Entrepreneurship 09/06/2017

PROVIDENCE – R.I. Commerce Corp. approved two more innovation vouchers at its Tuesday evening board meeting. Both Matunuck Oyster Farm LLC and Vitae Industries...

Magellan Health Inc. has proposed to double its Rhode Island based employment.

Magellan Health proposes Rhode Island expansion, seeks incentives

Government 08/30/2017

PROVIDENCE – The health management company Magellan Health, Inc. is planning to expand its workforce in Rhode Island, and has requested state job creation...

SUMMER RETREAT: Families have been traveling to Block Island as a summer retreat for generations, helping ensure steady business at the island’s 35 hotels and its beaches. Revenue from the state’s hotel tax is a major source of income for the island, generating $2.97 million between fiscal years 2007 and 2017. / PBN PHOTO/K. CURTIS

Will business on Block Island always be seasonal?

Entrepreneurship 08/18/2017

Sven Risom and his wife, Laura, became enamored with the beauty of Block Island long ago. After summering there for many years, they became...

Baker named Person of the Year by Pawtucket Foundation

In Their Own Words 08/18/2017

MICHAEL BAKER, president of Pet Food Experts, has been named Person of the Year by the Pawtucket Foundation for his contributions to enhancing the...

BREWING PROCESS: Co-owners Wes Staschke, left, and Josh Dunlap, take the spent grain out of the mash tun during the process of brewing a batch of ale at Whalers Brewing Co. in South Kingstown. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Slow embrace for Rhody craft beers

Entrepreneurship 08/11/2017

Brent Ryan remembers contacting R.I. Commerce Corp. five or six years ago and encouraging them to highlight Ocean State-produced craft beers in the Rhode...

Tourism funding frustration grows

Government 08/11/2017

The fiscal 2018 budget finally signed into law by Gov. Gina M. Raimondo Aug. 3 again shifts tourism funding, and some regional council directors...

The nation’s only multistate cap-and-trade accord, RGGI has been a financial...

Government 08/04/2017

Drs. Ralph and Amy Pratt consider themselves environmentally conscious business owners. As veterinarians, and owners of the West Greenwich Animal Hospital, the husband and wife...

UNFI shared services center to open in Lincoln

Economic Activity 08/01/2017

LINCOLN – United Natural Foods Inc. will be opening its new shared services center at 1 Albion Way in Lincoln, the company announced Tuesday. The...

5 PERCENT HOTEL TAX COLLECTIONS decreased year over year in March, but remained ahead of 2016 fiscal year-to-date collections.

March 5% hotel tax collections fall while YTD outpaces 2016

Economic Activity 07/24/2017

PROVIDENCE – Five percent hotel tax collections for March 2017 declined 9.7 percent year over year but collections for fiscal 2017 remained ahead of...