Providence Business News

PROVIDENCE – Spending on the Washington Bridge rebuild has now passed $200 million, according to a report by WPRI-TV CBS 12.  The R.I. Department of Transportation in a progress update said that it has spent $203 million since the bridge’s westbound closure in December 2023.  An extra $365 million is expected to be spent on […]

EAST PROVIDENCE – Electric bicycles are now banned at city parks, recreation spaces and on all sidewalks in the community.  The City Council on June 2 gave final approval to the legislation that bans all electric bicycles, also known as e-bikes, in those areas.  The ordinance was sponsored by City Council President Bob Rodericks, City […]

EAST GREENWICH – New England Institute of Technology and Brown University Health, in partnership with Building Futures, on Thursday celebrated the signing day for the state’s first Registered Apprenticeship Program for surgical technologists.  The workforce initiative, funded by R.I. Department of Labor and Training’s Real Jobs RI program, the Rhode Island Foundation, the ...

PROVIDENCE – Democratic gubernatorial candidate Helena B. Foulkes on Thursday proposed borrowing $150 million to fund improvements to port infrastructure and supply chains in order to shore up the green and blue economies. Backed by bond financing, which Foulkes called “a downpayment on the investments we need to supercharge the growing ocean economy in Rhode […]

Two days after Senate leaders pledged their support, the chamber approved legislation that would open the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence and other institutions to sex-abuse lawsuits. Senators voted 37-0 Wednesday to approve an amended bill sponsored by Sen. Mark McKenney, a Warwick Democrat, that would create a two-year “revival window” allowing previously time-barred clai...