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SPEAKING OUT: Zainabou Thiam, center, a student at the MET School in Providence, speaks at a rally at Brown University on July 8 organized by the Black Lives Matter Rhode Island political action committee. The rally sought to end legacy admissions and support diversity and equity in universities. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Diversity advocates take aim at legacy admissions

For Viet Nguyen, a Brown University alumnus and founder of social impact organization EdMobilizer, the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ban on affirmative action presents...

R.I. cannabis commission schedules public ‘listening sessions’

PROVIDENCE - The R.I. Cannabis Control Commission wants to hear from you. The newly formed, three-person panel has scheduled four public “listening sessions” across the...
PAULA IACONO, executive director of the Chartercare Foundation who was named the 2023 Career Achiever in Providence Business News’ 2023 Business Women Awards program, delivers her speech during Thursday's awards luncheon at the Providence Marriott Downtown. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN honors top Business Women for 2023

PROVIDENCE – Paula Iacono at first didn’t set out to be a fundraiser. But, she said, “it happened.” Iacono, the executive director of the Chartercare...
BREAKING BARRIERS: Angelyne Cooper-Bailey became the first woman of color to serve as an associate judge on the Cranston Municipal Court.
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Cooper-Bailey raises the bar in practicing law

PBN 2023 Business Women Awards SOCIAL SERVICES/NONPROFIT WOMAN TO WATCH: Angelyne Cooper-Bailey | Cranston Municipal Court associate judge, R.I. Department of Labor and Training...

State in legal fight with insurer over $40M fraud payout 

PROVIDENCE – The state is in a legal battle with an insurer over efforts to recoup $40 million lost in fraudulent unemployment claims during...
Brian P. Stern

Stern elected chair of RWU School of Law board

BRIAN P. STERN, associate justice of the R.I. Superior Court, was elected chairperson of the Roger Williams University School of Law board of directors...
PROVIDENCE BUSINESS NEWS has announced 28 honorees for its 2023 Business Women Awards program.

CharterCARE Foundation’s Iacono among 28 honorees for PBN’s Business Women Awards...

PROVIDENCE – Paula Iacono, executive director for the CharterCARE Foundation, has been selected by Providence Business News as this year’s Career Achievement winner among...

Stern named new Roger Williams University School of Law board chair

BRISTOL – R.I. Superior Court Associate Judge Brian P. Stern has been elected the new chairman for Roger Williams University School of Law’s board...
COLLIN GEISELMAN has been nominated by Gov. Daniel J. McKee to become the state's next public defender. / COURTESY ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW

McKee nominates Geiselman to be next R.I. public defender

PROVIDENCE – Collin Geiselman, who has served as the state’s assistant public defender for two decades and also since 2015 as the state’s chief...
SKEPTICAL: Attorney ­Joshua Hawks-Ladds says he believes the Federal Trade Commission may modify its proposal to prohibit noncompete agreements so it doesn’t have such a sweeping effect.
PBN PHOTO/­ELIZABETH ­GRAHAM

A lost clause? FTC may ban noncompete pacts

Thirty million people. That’s how many workers federal regulators say could find new jobs, increase their wages, or even start their own companies if...
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