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NEW DIGS: The 30,000-square-foot Ocean Sate Labs is located on the fourth floor of 150 Richmond St., Providence. The new building in the 195 District also houses the R.I. Department of Health laboratory.  PBN PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

Lab space could be a big draw

PBN 40th Anniversary 08/14/2026

Rhode Island has gone all in on life sciences, but it still remains to be seen whether the millions of dollars of investment will...

PAINFUL PINCH POINT: The Washington Bridge debacle has dogged state officials since half of the bridge was shut down in December 2023 because it was in danger of collapse.  PBN FILE PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

For the state officials, it’s been one drama after another

Government 08/14/2026

Gov. Daniel J. McKee, a former lieutenant governor who became the state’s chief executive when two-term Gov. Gina M. Raimondo was tapped as U.S....

Travis named CEO, president of Rhode Island Manufacturers Association

Industries 01/23/2026

PROVIDENCE – Melissa Travis is the new CEO and president of the Rhode Island Manufacturers Association. RIMA spokesperson Dawn Arpin confirmed with Providence Business News...

Andruil Industries cuts ribbon on new Quonset Business Park facility

Manufacturing 09/02/2025

NORTH KINGSTOWN – State and local officials, along with the Quonset Development Corp. gathered Aug. 25 to celebrate Anduril Industries' new manufacturing facility at Quonset...

State program to award $3M to minority- and women-owned businesses

Economic Activity 04/11/2023

PROVIDENCE – Minority business enterprises can now apply for a portion of around $3 million in state funding for technical assistance, training, physical space...

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

Kimble-Huntley sees tourism opportunity in ‘customizable experiences’

Art & Culture 07/29/2022

PROVIDENCE – Anika Kimble-Huntley, chief marketing officer at R.I. Commerce Corp., sees signs of a tourism bounce back in the Ocean State despite ongoing...

THE R.I. COMMERCE CORP. board of directors is set to vote on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, on the establishment of RI Rebounds Small Business and Impacted Industry Program, and whether to authorize additional funding for project management, program support vendors, technical assistance providers, and outreach and marketing vendors to support the effort. / COURTESY R.I. COMMERCE CORP.

Commerce board delays consideration of funding to support RI Rebounds

Economic Activity 01/10/2022

PROVIDENCE – R.I. Commerce Corp.’s board of directors was poised on Monday to put federal American Rescue Plan Act funding to work to help...

R.I. Commerce awards $16M in grants to small businesses, nonprofits

Coronavirus 12/16/2020

PROVIDENCE - The state on Wednesday awarded $16.1 million in funding to small businesses and nonprofits across three COVID-19-related grant programs. The funding announced by...