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PROGRAM ­SUCCESS: Amy Grzybowski, vice president of workforce development and ­community relations at New ­England Institute of Technology, says the success of its surgical technologist pilot program allowed it to become a registered ­apprenticeship. 
PBN PHOTO/­ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Surgical technologist pilot turned apprenticeship helping hospitals fill vacancies

In the operating rooms of Rhode Island hospitals, the work moves fast. Scalpels are handed off, instrument trays are counted and procedures unfold with...

R.I.’s 4.5% April jobless rate is 3rd highest in New England

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's April unemployment rate of 4.5% was the third highest in New England and above the national rate of 4.3%, according...
THE MARCH unemployment rate of 4.7% in Rhode Island and Massachusetts was the second highest in New England and above the national rate of 4.3%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. / AP FILE PHOTO/NAM Y. HUH

R.I.’s 4.7% March jobless rate is 2nd highest in New England

PROVIDENCE – The March unemployment rate of 4.7% in Rhode Island and Massachusetts was the second highest in New England and above the national rate...

R.I.’s 4.6% jobless rate is 3rd highest in New England

PROVIDENCE – The February unemployment rate of 4.6% in Rhode Island was the third highest in New England and above the national rate of...
RHODE ISLAND’s January unemployment rate is the second highest in New England, the Bureau of Labor and Statistics reported on Wednesday./ AP FILE PHOTO/NAM Y. HUH

R.I.’s 4.5% jobless rate in January is 2nd highest in New...

PROVIDENCE – The January unemployment rate of 4.5% in Rhode Island was the second highest in New England along with Connecticut and above the...
RHODE ISLAND'S DECEMBER unemployment rate of 4.3% was the second highest in New England, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. / AP FILE PHOTO/LYNNE SLADKY 

R.I.’s 4.3% jobless rate in Dec. is 2nd highest in New...

PROVIDENCE – The December unemployment rate of 4.3% in Rhode Island was the second highest in New England behind Massachusetts but below the national...
WHAT’S IN STORE: Rachel Grady, an Ocean State Job Lot floor associate, stocks the shelves at the discount chain’s Johnston store. The company says its holiday hiring started in October this year. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Holiday hiring headache: ’Tis the season of uncertainty in search for...

Boutique owner Karen Beebe spent weeks trying to hire just one extra person ahead of this year’s holiday shopping season. For 19 years, Beebe’s shop,...
BIGGER BALANCES: Michelle and Frederick “Rick” Harkins, of Harkins Wealth Management LLC, have heard concerns from clients about their use of credit cards to make ends meet. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

As credit card debt climbs, so does the financial pain

From young professionals to near retirees, many Rhode Islanders are struggling with rising credit card debt, financial advisers say. Some clients are delaying major life...

Stores keep prices down in a tough year for turkeys. Other...

CHELSEA, Mich. (AP) – Old Brick Farm, where Larry Doll raises chickens, turkeys and ducks, was fortunate this Thanksgiving season.  Doll's small farm west of Detroit...
OUTDOOR CLASSROOM: Providence College has launched a Master of Science in Sports Administration program this fall in partnership with the minor league soccer team Rhode Island FC. Students in the inaugural class get a behind-the-scenes tour of Centreville Bank Stadium in Pawtucket, home to RIFC.
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PC and Rhode Island FC partner on school’s inaugural sports management...

Sports is a business. And business is good. In September, Providence College, in a partnership with Rhode Island FC LLC, welcomed its first cohort of...
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