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A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT has been reached on a new deal between the Rhode Island School of Design and Teamsters Local 251. The union is scheduled to vote on the proposal late Tuesday. / COURTESY JOEL YONG

Tentative agreement reached between RISD, Local 251

Education 04/18/2023

PROVIDENCE – There soon may be labor peace at the Rhode Island School of Design. The arts college announced late Monday that college officials and...

TEAMSTERS LOCAL 251 employees at the Rhode Island School of Design and RISD students stand on the picket line March 23 at the arts college during a one-day strike that day. RISD's union workers on Monday went on strike again after the latest contract negotiations stalled. / COURTESY JOEL YONG

RISD union employees on strike again after contract negotiations fail

Education 04/03/2023

PROVIDENCE – Two weeks after holding a one-day strike, union employees at the Rhode Island School of Design walked off the job again Monday...

RISD develops “universal pain translator” to bridge language barriers in health...

Technology 03/24/2023

PROVIDENCE – For patients in the emergency room, a language barrier can be deadly – According to the Journal of Research, patients who don’t...

TEAMSTERS LOCAL 251 members who are employees at the Rhode Island School of Design picket outside a campus building Thursday morning. / PBN PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

Union employees at RISD go on strike

Education 03/23/2023

PROVIDENCE – More than 60 union employees at the Rhode Island School of Design walked off the job Thursday morning, with some picketing outside...

TABLE TALK: Anika Kimble-Huntley, second from left, chief marketing officer at R.I. Commerce Corp., confers with her staff at the R.I. Commerce headquarters in Providence. The staff includes, from left, Mark Brodeur, director of international and domestic group sales; Lindsay Russell, deputy director of communications and stakeholder engagement; and Robin Erickson, domestic tourism and marketing operations director. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

ATTRACTION STRATEGY: R.I.’s chief tourism marketer setting plan to entice visitors...

Cover Story 03/17/2023

With the start of the peak tourism season approaching, Anika Kimble-Huntley is eyeing the billions of dollars that potential visitors to Rhode Island could...

DIVERSION: Walkers heading south on the Newport Cliff Walk are stopped at Narragansett Avenue by fencing because part of the historic walk collapsed about a year ago. Visitors are required to detour through a nearby neighborhood to reconnect with the path farther south.  PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Is fixing Newport’s Cliff Walk a wise investment?

Focus 03/17/2023

Just over a year ago, the collapse of an approximately 20-foot portion of the Newport Cliff Walk raised alarm throughout the state. Damage to Newport’s...

REWARDING JOB: Kristen Gossler, president of American Trophy and Supply Inc., has expanded the business with her husband, Peter Cameron, since buying it from her parents in 1990.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

She’s succeeding by giving all the accolades to others

Business Women 03/03/2023

For some, the path that life takes can emerge early on. For Kristen Gossler, it began unfolding when she was so small she could...

NEIGHBORHOOD PRIDE: Olin Thompson, a Jewelry District resident and amateur historian, points to the architectural features on a stone building at 110 Elm St. that was once a foundry and is now leased by Brown University for administrative and medical offices.  PBN PHOTO/CLAUDIA CHIAPPA

Brown’s land of opportunity: University’s expansion is welcomed but is school...

Cover Story 02/17/2023

Olin Thompson’s Jewelry District walking tour begins at the corner of Richmond and Ship streets in Providence, on a plaza covered in stepped, wooden...