Christopher Allen

R.I. COMMERCE CORP.’S board of directors on Monday approved $1 million in tax credits and jobs incentives to subsidize the establishment of Saab Inc.’s Autonomous Undersea division at Bristol’s Unity Park.

PROVIDENCE – R.I. Commerce Corp.’s board of directors on Monday unanimously approved a $140,000 award over 15 years to the town of Smithfield to offset lost revenue from a local tax stabilization agreement being negotiated to bring a Massachusetts-based biotechnology firm to the former Rubius Therapeutics facility. Organogenesis Holdings Inc. plans to lease the facility […]

PROVIDENCE – General Assembly leaders in both chambers say the 2025 legislative session will be more about oversight than any groundbreaking reforms when it kicks off on Jan. 7. House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi told Providence Business News that the upcoming session will include “the most challenging” budget he has faced since being elevated to the […]

PROVIDENCE- The Rhode Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is relocating its headquarters after purchasing the historic James Potter House in the Elwood Section of the city’s west end. The Washington Trust Co. announced it had provided $800,000 in financing to the chamber to purchase the property, a Queen Anne-style mansion built in 1889 and designed […]

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Cunha on Thursday announced the Department of Justice has filed a proposed five-year consent decree in U.S. District Court to resolve allegations the state unnecessarily and systematically segregated children with disabilities by keeping them hospitalized at Bradley Hospital. A May 2024 report issued after a multiyear investigation […]

A GROWTH OPPORTUNITY: Erynn Field, right, and Carina Labonte have opened Tidal Wave Training LLC and plan to use their background in sports performance, strength training and coaching to help clients.

AI AND DEI: Moderator Kevin Matta, third from left, speaks with the panelists at Providence Business News’ 2024 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summit

ATTENTION TO DETAIL: Gorilla Gaming co-owner Gretel McCrory works on the factory floor at the Warwick gaming table manufacturer.

A RENDERING OF TIFFANY LAUREL RESERVE, a 204-unit senior housing campus/COURTESY LRT CO.