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DOJ’s subpoena for Rhode Island Hospital’s private medical records of minors...

Government 05/04/2026

PROVIDENCE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc. and the Lawyers’ Committee for Rhode Island have filed an emergency motion to...

SAVING ST. MARY’S: Under Beth Bixby’s leadership, Tides Family Services began supporting the St. Mary’s Home for Children in North Providence after details from a December 2023 investigation by the R.I. Office of the Child Advocate found “significant safety concerns and abusive living conditions,” which led to leadership changes there.  PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Bixby rising Tides to help area children and families

Business Services 05/23/2025

Business Women Awards 2025 INDUSTRY LEADER SOCIAL SERVICES/NONPROFIT: Beth Bixby, Tides Family Services CEO WINDS OF CHANGE have been swirling around children’s behavioral health, particularly...

State agencies are hot to hire in FY26 budget requests

Economic Activity 01/14/2025

State budget officials made it clear: There’s no money for extras in the upcoming fiscal 2026 spending plan, so don’t ask. But that didn’t stop nearly...

PBN’s most-read stories of 2024

Business Services 12/31/2024

From high-profile corporate layoffs to controversial real estate sales, fallout from the Washington Bridge shutdown and organization leadership shakeups, the top stories of 2024...

St. Mary’s temporarily closing psychiatric residential treatment facility by June 7

Health Services 06/03/2024

NORTH PROVIDENCE – St. Mary’s Home for Children will be temporarily closing its psychiatric residential treatment facility by June 7. The decision to temporarily close...