Rhode Island and Business Rankings — State Has Been Stuck for More than a Decade Despite commissions and gubernatorial promises — Rhode Island consistently comes up on the bottom of the...

Legal Issues Besiege Twin River — Separate Federal and State Investigations Hit Company The company that operates Rhode Island’s two casinos, Twin River Worldwide Holdings, is now facing both...

NEW: RI Drops from 45th to Worst in Country for Business in Latest CNBC Rankings Rhode Island is ranked as the worst state in the country when it comes to business climate, according to newRead More....

PROVIDENCE, RI –  Mayor Jorge O. Elorza signed the FY 2020 City Budget tonight and provided the following statement: I am pleased that by working with my colleagues in the City Council, we have...

NEW: Despite Raimondo’s Budget Priorities Being Striped Out, She Signs FY 2020 Budget Governor Gina Raimondo signed the FY 2020 budget on Friday. Read More.     RI Health Warns of Pet...

A Little Help From UHIP Providence, RI – The May edition of the RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity’s  Jobs & Opportunity Index (JOI) report brought Rhode Island back up to 47th...

UPDATED: Prov City Council Passes Budget With Cuts and Homestead, Pare’s Salary Slashed The battle is over. The month-long raging battle between the Providence City Council and Mayor Jorge Elorza...

RI Business Update | June 2019 Rhode Island to be U.S. Headquarters for GEV Wind Power Orsted signs MOU with Rhode Island eMoney Exceeds Hiring Goals Report: RI Has Lowest Combined Corporate Tax Rate...

RI Energy Facility Siting Board Rules Against Invenergy, Company Weighing Its Options In a historic decision, the Rhode Island Energy Facility Siting Board has ruled that the energy to be supplied by...

RI Realtors Say New Sales Price Record Was Set in May Rhode Island set a new median sales price record for the month of May, according to the Rhode Island Association of Read More.    ...

Big Winners and Losers – Rhode Island FY 2020 Budget The $9.9 billion budget passed on Saturday afternoon by the Rhode Island House of Representative has some big winners, Read More.    ...

RI Lands Wind Company’s U.S. Headquarters, Bolsters Growing Renewable Industry On Monday, Governor Gina Raimondo announced that GEV, one of the largest wind turbine maintenance companies in...

VIDEO: Council Plans Would Shift Tax Increase to Expensive Homes, Matos Blasts East Side Members In an unprecedented 8 a.m. press conference on Thursday morning by the Providence City Council...

Behind the Providence Budget Battle — Mayoral Election 2022, East Side vs. The Rest of the City At one level the emerging budget battle is an effort to refine the tax structure in Providence —...

House Finance Budget Passed – What Is In and What Is Out, Blistering Defeat for Raimondo The budget passed by the Rhode Island House Finance Committee looks nothing like the budget proposed by...

House Budget Seeks to Repeal Sales Tax Cut Statute Center Calls on Lawmakers to Keep Promise to Taxpayers Providence, RI — Rather than honor existing state law that specifies a reduction in...

Providence’s East Siders Organizing to Fight New Tax Structure Residents on Providence East Side are organizing to fight against a new tax structure being prepared by Providence City Read More.  ...

Prov Finance Chair Pushing for New Tax Structure in Providence Providence City Council Finance Chair John Igliozzi said that the City Council is looking at changing the city’s Read More.    ...

Rhode Island Needs To Change Direction   With the General Assembly session nearing the end, we fully expect the new state budget to contain no meaningful remedies to the many problems that plague...

The Providence Great Streets Initiative reflects community-based ideas for traffic calming, safety improvements for people walking and riding bicycles. PROVIDENCE R.I.- Mayor Jorge O. Elorza and the...