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Trump administration blocked from cutting billions in federal health money

PROVIDENCE – A U.S. District Court judge in Rhode Island granted a preliminary injunction halting the slashing of $11 billion in federal money for...

U.S. consumer sentiment slides to 3-year lows as trade war raises...

WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. consumer sentiment fell slightly in May for the fifth straight month, surprising economists, as Americans increasingly worry that President Donald Trump's...
LOCAL ­SUPPORT: Dom Messerli, founder and CEO of Lenoss Medical, says the company has been fortunate amid the federal funding freeze on grants to receive financial support through state grants and local investors to aid in the development of its OsteoPearl implant for spinal fractures. 
PBN PHOTO/­RUPERT WHITELEY

$4M series A funding helps Lenoss Medical complete 150th OsteoPearl spinal...

Lenoss Medical just hit a major milestone thanks to $4 million raised in series A funding. In March, the Bristol-based life sciences company marked...

Reed seeks release of federal clean energy funding for Rhode Island

PROVIDENCE – Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., is urging the Trump administration to release around $80 million in previously awarded federal funds “to help Rhode Island...
MAKER SPACE: ­Instructor Adaliz Rivera, above right, teaches Jasper Bliss, of Providence, how to operate a heat press and vinyl cutting machine in the first-floor workshop at Providence Public Library. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Beyond book learning: Training programs soaring at expanded Providence Public Library

Eric Khiev is looking to make a ­career change, and that’s why he was at the Providence Public Library last fall. Khiev holds a bachelor’s...
DIVERSE BRANDS: Crystal DaCruz started Boxed in Black, which curates gift boxes filled with items sold and made by Black- and brown-owned businesses, because she felt those products were being underrepresented in the market. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Everybody’s Business: She’s a champion for Black and brown businesses

(Editor’s note: This is the 56th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
Deborah Gonzalez / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Five Questions With: Deborah Gonzalez

Deborah Gonzalez | Director, Roger Williams University School of Law Immigration Clinic 1. Have the policies implemented by the Trump administration been what you...
Jeffrey Anvari-Clark

Losing job is bad for health, but there are way to...

The Trump administration’s firing and furloughing of tens of thousands of federal workers and contractors have obviously caused economic hardship for Americans employed in...
Thomas ­Tzitzouris

Tariffs a way to fix imbalanced tax strategy

Despite the claims by many politicians that expenses such as housing and college loans are the greatest challenges that keep American families from building...

Amo highlights R.I.’s blue economy during Subcommittee on Environment hearing

PROVIDENCE – The Subcommittee on Environment on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held its first hearing of the year on March 26,...
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