JPMorgan CEO says America’s economy is the most prosperous the world has ever seen
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Wexford Project’s $55.2M Hotel Delay Tied to Trump Opportunity Zone Funding
Wexford Project’s $55.2M Hotel Delay Tied to Trump Opportunity Zone Funding Ten months after the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation approved $7.6 million in tax incentives for the proposed...
Councilman David A. Salvatore Helps Uncover Nearly $31K in Overcharges to City Residents
Councilman David A. Salvatore Helps Uncover Nearly $31K in Overcharges to City Residents With the help of the City’s Internal Auditor, Councilman Salvatore discovered that a change to the Code of...
Providence Expecting Fourth Consecutive Surplus Under Mayor Elorza
Providence to realize an estimated $8.5 million operating surplus in FY19, Rainy Day Fund grows to $20 million PROVIDENCE, RI- Mayor Jorge O. Elorza announced today that the City of Providence is...
Merger of GateHouse and Gannett is Official – Projo’s 3rd Owner in 5 Years, More Cuts Expected
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Some of Providence’s Most Intriguing Real Estate Listings
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City of Providence Announces Transitions in Finance Leadership
Mancini Appointed CFO, Silveria First Woman in City History Appointed Director of Finance PROVIDENCE, RI – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza today announced transitions in the City of Providence’s finance...
Amazon’s Job Growth In MA Explodes With New Robotics Hub, But Few Jobs in RI
Amazon’s Job Growth In MA Explodes With New Robotics Hub, But Few Jobs in RI Amazon has announced plans to build a new state-of-the-art robotics innovation hub and create 200 tech and...
Station Row Development, Providence’s Eastern Bloc Design: Architecture Critic Will Morgan
Station Row Development, Providence’s Eastern Bloc Design: Architecture Critic Will Morgan “Station Row is the perfect hub for the conductors of this city’s creative and cultural...
The Ocean State’s New Jobs & Opportunity Index Numbers Are Here
The Ocean State’s New Jobs & Opportunity Index Numbers Are Here As the third quarter of 2019 came to a close, Rhode Island still held its overall ranking of 47th in the country on the Rhode...
RI Became A Less Hospitable Place To Raise A Family In 2019
Rhode Island Became A Less Hospitable Place To Raise A Family In 2019 Recently, our Center released our 2019 Freedom Index and Legislator Scorecard for the Rhode Island General Assembly. Sadly, with...
Record Retail Store Closings in 2019 — Could Exceed 12,000, “Mall Armageddon” Could Hit in 2020
Record Retail Store Closings in 2019 — Could Exceed 12,000, “Mall Armageddon” Could Hit in 2020 This week alone saw retailers Forever 21, Olympia Sports, Barney’s, Dressbarn and others closing...
Jobs & Opportunity Index (47th in JOI): Hanging on While the Country Advances
Hanging on While the Country Advances Providence, RI – Like a herd of zombies in The Walking Dead, Rhode Island’s economy keeps staggering in the direction of the national...
FRIAS: IGT DEAL IS BAD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
In an opinion column, entitled “Paying Too Much for IGT’s Jobs” published this week in the Cranston Herald, Warwick Beacon and Johnston Sunrise, R.I. Republican National Committeeman Steven...
There Are No Municipalities in RI Where a Family with $50,000 in Income Can Afford to Buy a Home
There Are No Municipalities in RI Where a Family with $50,000 in Income Can Afford to Buy a Home A new report finds that Rhode Island’s housing costs are at a crisis and that “there are no...
Northeast institutions form coalition to increase diversity of corporate boards
Getty Images/iStockphoto. JAMES COMTOIS State treasurers and institutional investors from the Northeast have formed a coalition to increase the diversity of corporate boards for companies based in...
Earning $50K not enough to affordably buy a home in RI
by: Eli Sherman PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Two reports released this week underscored a growing challenge for residents across Rhode Island: the high cost of housing. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of...
Economist Says Advanced Industries Improving in Rhode Island
Virgin Pulse CEO is bullish on Providence: ‘I call it Silicon Valley at $21 a square foot,’ The Boston Globe “We looked at the growth trajectory for millennials in the workforce. We looked at...
Top and Worst Performing Districts and Charters; Raimondo Sues Over GA Marijuana & Hemp Oversight
RICAS Results – RI’s Best and Worst Performing Districts and Charters Rhode Island’s performance on the Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System (RICAS) improved by 4 and 3 Read...
Boston Globe Plans to Lay Off More Than 100 Union Workers
Boston Globe Plans to Lay Off More Than 100 Union Workers Union officials rallied against the Boston Globe’s plan to lay-off a reported 77 full-time and 44 part-time Read More. State...