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TRAINING: Quiana Ferguson, left, and Glendale Perez, center, students in a Building Futures pre-apprenticeship class that was held earlier this year from May 5 to June 6, work with Building Futures training team instructor Brook Swanson, second from right, on an exercise designed to introduce techniques used by millwrights. Pictured at right foreground is an unidentified student. COURTESY BUILDING FUTURES

BUILDING SUPPORT: Women growing in the trades

Digital Special Editions 10/10/2025

Catherine Pena was working two jobswith three little boys at home trying to make ends meet when a friend suggested working in the trades....

Caregiving demands still impacting R.I. women’s opportunities in workforce

Economic Activity 05/15/2023

Few industries escaped the crippling employment blow dealt by the COVID-19 pandemic. One exception in Rhode Island: construction, which was categorized as an essential...

ASHLEY KALUS, top center, Republican gubernatorial candidate, shares her economic plan Thursday with local business officials at VR Industries Inc. in Warwick. / PBN PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

Kalus unveils plan to boost R.I. competitiveness

Business Services 10/06/2022

WARWICK – Referring to it as a “promise to working families,” Republican gubernatorial candidate Ashley Kalus on Thursday unveiled an economic plan for the...

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