Tag: Workforce Development
Workforce development programs need resources, not cutbacks
Earlier this year, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo addressed the Newport County Chamber of Commerce and provided some insight into her budget priorities for 2019...
Want a job? Cybersecurity is the ticket
The success of the Real Jobs Rhode Island program is predicated on the idea that workforce development should be driven by the needs of...
Report: Clean energy sector employs more than 16K in 2019
PROVIDENCE – The clean-energy sector in Rhode Island employed 16,021 at the beginning of 2019, according to the 2019 Clean Energy Industry Report released...
Yet again, GA chooses spending over investment in R.I.’s future
It is clear what vision of Rhode Island the General Assembly has.
Rather than slowing down the elimination of the state’s car tax, the fiscal...
CharterCARE closes St. Joseph School of Nursing
NORTH PROVIDENCE – CharterCARE Health Partners announced that it will permanently close the St. Joseph School of Nursing this year after 117 years of...
Training at heart of PPL’s new mission
The Providence Public Library, the grand dame of Rhode Island’s public libraries, is just a shell of its former self … literally.
Last fall the...
BayCoast Bank receives $235K from Mass. for worker training
SWANSEA – BayCoast Bank was awarded $235,200 from the Mass. Workforce Training Fund Program to help 371 workers grow in their jobs and increase...
Orsted and Eversource commit additional $4.5M to wind sector training/supply chain...
PROVIDENCE – Orsted U.S. Offshore Wind and Eversource pledged $4.5 million Monday to talent and workforce development in Rhode Island based on the Revolution...
Ghazal named Businesswoman of Year at Bryant Women’s Summit
SMITHFIELD – Rhode Island Free Clinic CEO Marie Ghazal was recognized as the New England Businesswoman of the Year for 2019 Friday at the...
Edge & End uses woodworking as a tool to help disadvantaged...
Joshua Ellison, the son of Pawtucket-based Lorimer Studios LLC’s founder, cites an “interesting serendipity” as the inspiration behind Edge & End LLC, founded in...
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