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Most-read stories on PBN.com, April 2024
1. PBN announces 2024 Best Places to Work POSTED ONLINE: APRIL 29. Providence Business News has named 67 honorees for its 2024 Best Places...
McKee eyes repurposing unspent federal health relief for Washington Bridge, other projects
As the daily news headlines detailing the spread of bird flu grow, so does Dr. Leonard Mermel’s anxiety.
An infectious disease expert who works as...
Correctional officers union blames RIDOC director for recent prison violence
CRANSTON – The Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers on Monday blasted the R.I. Department of Corrections leadership in the wake of several inmate...
McKee’s proposed cabinet raises include 43% boost for health director
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Administration on Tuesday held a brief public hearing on proposed salary increases for a dozen members of Gov....
R.I. gets $52.9M for Cliff Walk, 37 other projects
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will get more than $52.9 million in federal funding to support 38 local projects, including $5 million to repair the...
McKee calls for salary flexibility to help fill state health director...
Dr. Jim McDonald’s skillful explanations of complicated public health topics during the COVID-19 pandemic – showing how the virus spreads with a jar of...
6 ACI staff members recovering after assault at medium security facility
CRANSTON – Six Adult Correctional Institutions staff members at the John J. Moran Medium Security Facility were injured Sunday when an inmate assaulted two...
The best use for pandemic aid?
Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s $13.7 billion fiscal 2025 budget recommends “reprogramming” $51.7 million of the roughly $700 million in unspent State Fiscal Recovery Funds...
State’s highest-paid employees include URI hoops coaches, university president
PROVIDENCE – It pays to be working for the University of Rhode Island, the R.I. Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals and the R.I....
New law: R.I. public colleges must plan for apprenticeships
A new state law requires public higher education institutions to establish ways of awarding academic credit to students who participate in registered apprenticeship programs.
“These...
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