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Flights at T.F. Green impacted by FAA route shutdown order

Economic Activity 11/07/2025

WARWICK – Several flights at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport were canceled Friday as airlines began complying with the Federal Aviation Administration's unprecedented order to scale...

IN TROUBLE: Linda Hurley, right, CEO of CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, talks about the difficulties experienced by Rhode Island health care providers at Providence Business News’ Fall Health Care Summit on Oct. 30. With her on the panel are, from left, Martha Wofford, CEO and president of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island; Dr. Philip Rizzuto, owner of Rizzuto Eyelid and Facial Plastic Surgery; Adam Martignetti, a vice president at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care of New England Inc.; and R.I. Health Insurance Commissioner Cory King.  PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Panel: Health care sector coping by ‘doing balancing acts’

Health Services 11/07/2025

Asked to define the state of health care in Rhode Island, those at the forefront of the sector provided a dismal outlook at Providence...

READY FOR CHANGES: John Elkhay, co-owner of Chow Fun Inc., stands in the dining room of Ten Prime Seafood, a restaurant the company is preparing to open on Empire Street in Providence. Elkhay says he’s trying to provide clarity to his employees on new federal rules about tax on tips.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

New federal tax rules on tips spark confusion

Economy 11/07/2025

John Elkhay, co-owner of the restaurant company Chow Fun Inc., is no stranger to navigating regulatory curveballs. With his company managing more than 200 employees...

Future of energy grid hurt by Trump’s funding cuts

Commentary 11/07/2025

The Trump administration’s widespread cancellation and freezing of clean energy funding is also hitting essential work to improve the nation’s power grid. Ending these...

‘The impacts are everywhere.’ Federal cuts devastate nonprofits

Digital Special Editions 10/24/2025

Rhode Island’s nonprofits are in turmoil. This important segment of the economy – 16% of the workforce – has an uncertain future and the...

Judge accuses Homeland Security of bullying states into accepting conditions to...

Government 10/14/2025

A federal judge in Rhode Island on Tuesday accused the Trump administration of trying to “bully” states into accepting conditions that require them to...

CLARIFICATION NEEDED? The on-again, off-again status of the ban on noncompete clauses, both at the state and federal level, has left some employers and employees unsure of the legal status of noncompetes, according to lawyer Joshua A. Hawks-Ladds. COURTESY JOSHUA A. HAWKS-LADDS

Noncompete confusion deepens amid statewide veto, stalled federal ban

Focus 10/10/2025

Conflicting signals from state and federal authorities over noncompete agreements have left some in the business community uncertain about what’s allowed and what’s not. Once...

Brown to cut 48 positions in effort to close $30M budget...

Education 09/26/2025

PROVIDENCE – Brown University will begin laying off 48 employees across campus, with those impacted being notified starting this week, the university announced on...

STEELY GAZE: Noel Laflamme, a technician at metal fabricator Ward’s Manufacturing LLC in Warren, measures the thickness of a steel plate as he prepares for a job in the workshop.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

CRACKS IN THE METTLE | PBN survey: R.I. businesses remain resilient,...

Cover Story 09/26/2025

When siblings Kelly and Kiffin Ward co-founded their Warren metal fabrication business, Ward’s Manufacturing LLC, in early 2024, they set out with a vision...