See previous features here.) Yolanda “Yolie” Rome never set out to run a soap business. After 15 Critical RI business news and analysis updated daily. Unlimited access to all subscriber only content ...

Developers looking to reinvigorate traditional malls might find inspiration from so-called “live-work-play” communities that are prospering across the state. Combining housing, entertainment, retail, ...

Erica Davies’ heart belongs to Cranston. “It’s the center of the universe,” she said. “I’m super proud to have grown up there. I live in North Kingstown, but that’s where I tell people I’m from.” But ...

A key measure of inflation fell to nearly a five-year low last month as apartment rental price growth slowed and gas prices fell, offering some relief to Americans grappling with the sharp cost ...

Q: William C. Tsonos Rhode Island region president, Beacon Bank Former CEO and president, Bank Rhode Island (Editor’s note: Beacon Financial Corp. was formed on Sept. 2, 2025, when a merger of equals ...

For Jason Calderon, CEO of marijuana cultivator Bonsai Buds in Exeter, the pursuit of a cannabis dispensary license has become a smoke-filled hall of mirrors. Under regulations adopted by the state’s ...

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate is holding at just above 6% after reversing a modest uptick in recent weeks just as the housing market closes in on the spring homebuying season. The benchmark ...

U.S. employers added a surprisingly strong 130,000 jobs last month, but government revisions cut 2024-2025 U.S. payrolls by hundreds of thousands. The unemployment rate fell to 4.3%, the Labor ...

The R.I. Department of Health has issued disciplinary actions against two doctors for complaints related to syringe safety and prescriptions. In a Feb. 11 consent order, the state health agency ...

A historic home on Kay Street recently sold for $5.15 million, according to public records. The single-family residence at 27 Kay St. has five bedrooms, three full bathrooms and one half-bath. The ...

PROVIDENCE – Cristina Méndez, the executive vice president and chief financial officer at Otis Worldwide Corp., has been elected to Textron Inc.’s board of directors effective Feb. 15.  According to ...

A former philanthropy officer for the United Way of Rhode Island has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for her leading role in laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars of her ...