Travis Escobar News Today

The process of transitioning to a half-elected school board has been fraught with confusion and legal questions.

STORY OF THE WEEK: “At least I’m not boring” – as Attorney General Peter Neronha quipped this week on X, formerly known as Twitter – could be the theme of a 2026 run for …

STORY OF THE WEEK: “At least I’m not boring” – as Attorney General Peter Neronha quipped this week on X, formerly known as Twitter – could be the theme of a 2026 run for …

"Coquito" is a rum-based cream liqueur with coconut and vanilla — often made at home in Puerto Rico during the Christmas season.

“The infrastructure just isn’t here,” said one of the founders of Papi’s Coquito, which is rebranding, of Rhode Island’s ability to home-grow food and beverage companies.

Here are just a few RIC entrepreneurs who created Rhode Island-based businesses. They run the gamut from fitness to fashion. Some have partnered with others to launch their ventures and others have gone it alone; but none could have achieved what they have without a bold belief in their ideas and in themselves. These are their success stories.

CFA Providence and Millennial Rhode Island have announced an upcoming Future of Finance conference, which will take place on April 22, from 10 am to 6:30 pm at the WaterFire Arts Center in Providence.

The Providence School Board members voted to elect Erlin Rogel as the Board’s new President, and current member Travis Escobar was elected Vice President.

Erlin Rogel will succeed former President Kinzel Thomas, whose term expired last month.

(From left, Travis Escobar, Victor Regino and Luis Olmo) Luis Olmo ’15 and Travis Escobar ’13, along with their business partner Victor Regino, are co-owners of Papi’s Refrescos, the first liquor company in the Ocean State owned by millenial Latinos.  Papi’s Refrescos aims to reflect the lifestyles and cultures of a diverse Latinx community through a variety of traditional beverages, beginning with their first brand, Papi’s Coquito, a coconut-based alcoholic drink.