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Every Friday, GoLocalProv takes a look at who is rising and who is falling in Rhode Island and national politics, business, culture, and sports.

GoLocal's People on the Move is an update on new hires and promotions across southern New England. If your organization has an announcement, email it to us at news@golocalprov.com.

Rhode Island businesses added 1,400 jobs in September as the state’s unemployment rate dropped to 2.6 percent, according to the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training.

GoLocal Prov published an editorial about Mayor Kenneth Hopkins' handling of the Budlong pool issue. The following is his response:

"The Golden Bachelor" is a popular reality TV show. It opens with a handsome, impeccably groomed 72-year-old adjusting a bow tie. In the background, we hear Cat Stevens singing "The Wind," a sharp hook into the boomer soul.

Burt Young, who played Paulie in six of the “Rocky” films starring Sylvester Stallone, drawing an Oscar nomination for supporting actor for his performance in the 1976 original, has died.

Providence School Board member Ty’Relle Stephens said that since he and fellow Board member Night Jean Muhingabo filed complaints with the Rhode Island Attorney General's office into questions about the bid process on the $72 million facilities management

All artists have life experiences that inform their work. For Rhode Island mixed media collage artist Sarah Z. Short, a previous career as an educator shapes a deep appreciation for use of text and repurposed books in her artworks, which blends printmakin

GoLocal's People on the Move is an update on new hires and promotions across southern New England. If your organization has an announcement, email it to us at news@golocalprov.com.

The Providence City Council will introduce amendments at its upcoming meeting on Thursday proposed by Mayor Brett Smiley’s Administration to American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) ordinances I and II that will shift spending of these one-time federal funds towar