Tag: Scott Wolf
MAKING ROOM In the MIDDLE: R.I. struggles to create workforce housing,...
For nursing assistant Johnbray Brown, moving into a workforce-rate unit in the renovated Paragon Mill in Providence’s Olneyville neighborhood was a hard-won victory spanning...
Can Pryor achieve housing goals?
The recent appointment of Stefan Pryor as the state’s housing secretary has some observers feeling confident that he can take the R.I. Office of...
Community groups call for state to quit stalling on bicycle, transit...
PROVIDENCE – Advocates are pressuring state leaders to put the pedal to the metal on expanding public transit and bicycle paths across the state.
Nearly...
Commerce at crossroads: How will the gubernatorial election change R.I.’s economic...
Gov. Daniel J. McKee was in his element as he strolled along Main Street in East Greenwich one afternoon in July.
It was another stop...
Advocates of R.I. Historic Tax Credit pleased with $28M allocation, worried...
Advocates for the Rhode Island Historic Tax Credit program are applauding lawmakers for allocating $28 million for the program in the fiscal 2023 state...
Proposed $247M Amtrak station at Warwick airport draws mixed reaction
A proposed Amtrak stop at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport has public transit advocates and members of the business community divided over whether...
Rebooting historic tax credit is smart move
A recent PBN article (“Textile mill renovations now paying dividends,” June 25) highlighted five mill-conversion projects in Rhode Island, former massive and abandoned industrial...
Raimondo reengineered Commerce RI, but its true test may be yet...
Few would dispute that Rhode Island is in better shape economically than it was five years ago when Gov. Gina M. Raimondo began her...
Solar flare-up: Solar farms facing backlash across Ocean State
(Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on the challenges and opportunities of solar- and wind-farm development in Rhode Island and...
Rebuild Rhode Island could get tighter spending restrictions
PROVIDENCE – Rebuild Rhode Island, a signature economic-development incentive of Gov. Gina M. Raimondo, could be curtailed under the 2020 state budget, with tighter...
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