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NEWPORT

Cultivating community: Newport Pride founders open city’s first Pride Center

The couple behind the Newport Out tourism website opened the city’s first Pride Center this month, the latest effort they have championed in support of LGBTQ+ residents and visitors.

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R.I.-based Bally’s is involved in a Las Vegas baseball stadium mega-deal

Bally’s – which owns two casinos in Rhode Island – announced plans last month to partner with the A’s to build a new stadium on a portion of Bally’s Tropicana Las Vegas site.
BLOCK ISLAND

Ballard’s Beach Resort owner makes changes after last year’s Block Island Ferry brawls: ‘no excuses here’

Owner Steve Filippi says things will be different at his venue this year. More family-oriented, instead of the alcohol-fueled party atmosphere many associate with the resort.
RI BUSINESS

R.I. sues solar company for unfair, deceptive trade practices

Smart Green Solar’s CEO was previously investigated by the FTC and even tried to illegally obtain credit reports of Presidents Trump and Obama.

How search teams could use sound to find the Titan sub — and why it’s a challenge
Search teams racing to find the missing Titanic submersible have detected underwater noises but it won’t be easy to find the source of that sound in the ocean.

RHODE MAPA big change in the R.I. progressive media landscape
Uprise RI founder and reporter Steve Ahlquist has left his progressive news and opinion website to launch a Substack. Here's why.

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URI’s connections to the missing Titanic submersible
Several professors at the University of Rhode Island have been involved in OceanGate’s scientific efforts

INNOVATOR Q&A
R.I. program helps train people in homeless shelters, low-income residents to become CNAs
Certified nursing assistant “is a job that is in extreme demand,” said Bernice Morris, director of education, employment and training at Crossroads Rhode Island.

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RI HIGHER EDUCATION

Rhode Island College to offer 2-year, tuition-free scholarship to R.I. residents

A five-year pilot program, the scholarship applies to the final two years of a bachelor’s degree, and is funded by the state budget recently passed by the General Assembly and signed by Governor McKee.

RI POLITICS

R.I. Governor McKee says he apologized to developer insulted by official’s racist, sexist remarks

On Friday, McKee provided a timeline of what happened during David Patten’s trip to Philadelphia to meet with Scout Ltd. — and largely defended his own response to the incident, which received national attention.

RI BUSINESS

‘We don’t need it all’: R.I.’s largest hospital system may consolidate real estate portfolio

Lifespan Corp. intends to retool its strategic plan in September, which could show areas of key investment and cuts, including in its real estate portfolio.

RI BUSINESS

Walgreens doubles down in clinical trials space after CVS bows out

Walgreens is further expanding its clinical trials unit, partnering with a biotech startup to “increase diversity in research focused on the early detection of cancer.”

RI POLITICS

R.I. lawmakers pass bills to increase penalties for wage theft and employment fraud

The bills will make it a felony to “knowingly and willfully” commit wage theft of more than $1,500, instead of a misdemeanor. House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi called the bills “historic.”

BUSINESS

After 70 years, streetwear chain EbLens to shut its doors

The Connecticut-based company has 17 stores in Connecticut, 10 in Massachusetts, and four in Rhode Island.

HOUSING

Minimum wage earners can’t afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment anywhere in the country

According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s annual “Out of Reach” report, New Englanders face some of the highest housing costs in the US.

FOOD & DINING

James Beard awards cut a chef accused of violence, harassment, slurs

Marzia Coppa had an unusual reaction when her boss, the chef and owner of Dolce restaurant in Omaha, was named a semifinalist for a James Beard Award last year. The server said she was going to make sure that Anthony Kueper never won the medal, even if it meant submitting a report to the organization's ethics committee.

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Rhode Island business news: March 2022