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Tax delinquency list shows state’s biggest scofflaws

Economic Activity 01/04/2024

PROVIDENCE – With the General Assembly back in session and state agencies looking for approval of fiscal 2025 funding requests, every dollar counts. According to...

Study: Inflation-adjusted R.I. visitor spending in 2022 reached 93% of pre-COVID...

Economy 12/20/2023

PROVIDENCE – A new report by the R.I. Hospitality Association and a group of Salve Regina University undergraduates shows hospitality and tourism spending in...

Summer tourism spending in Newport, Bristol counties sets new record

Economy 11/30/2023

NEWPORT – Increases in visitation, summer events and higher daily hotel room rates combined to give Newport a banner fiscal 2023 tourism season, according...

Fiscal 2024 revenue projections now $136M higher

Economic Activity 11/14/2023

Rhode Island lawmakers may have a bit more money than previously anticipated to spread around in the next state budget. New revenue estimates adopted by...

WHEN THE HARBORSIDE INN was destroyed by fire in August, it put a temporary dent in the number of visits to Block Island because it also damaged booking operations that also served other hotels and accomodations. Those operations were located at the Harborside Inn. / PBN FILE PHOTO/DAVID LEVESQUE

Bad weather, fire have chilling effect for some on Block Island

Economy 11/03/2023

Rainy weekends, a hotel fire and stormy seas appear to have helped dampen the summer tourism season for Block Island business owners, but the...

IN PROGRESS: Melissa Quinn, managing director of the Newport Performing Arts Center, says restoration work on the decorative plaster around the proscenium arch that frames the stage behind her is still needed as part of renovating the former Opera House Theater to become the center’s new home. PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

The next act of the Newport Opera House’s long-awaited restoration

Economy 10/27/2023

For decades, the historic Opera House Theater has been the focus of grand visions of restoration. So far, those visions have been unrealized. The brick...

State hotel and meal tax collection suggests industry on the rebound

Economy 08/15/2023

PROVIDENCE – After years of middling performance compared to pre-pandemic numbers, state revenue officials on Thursday said tax collections on hospitality-related services have mostly rebounded...