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Some of the ways we work will be forever changed, according to the head of the state workforce agency, but employment should be back to normal soon.

Second round of COVID shortages: Cars, lumber and product packaging all impacting RI stock Paul Edward Parker, The Providence Journal © Bob Breidenbach/The Providence Journal Bob Tasca Jr., Carl Tasca Jr. and Carl Tasca Sr. stand at the Tasca auto dealership on Pontiac Avenue in Cranston. Like many other auto dealers around the area, they are contending with a lack of inventory. They're not as panic-inducing as the paper towel shortage of 2020, but supply-chain disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic are still keeping goods off store shelves, even as Rhode Island joi...

At the table, or on the menu: R.I. businesses form new group to influence policy Rhode Island Business Coalition has organized itself as a 501(c)6 as it seeks to have a stronger voice on Smith Hill By Brian Amaral Globe Staff,Updated May 3, 2021, 11:29 a.m. Email to a Friend PROVIDENCE — For a few years, a business group has been working to advance its interests through an informal umbrella called the Rhode Island Business Coalition. It’s getting more formal now: The group has organized itself as a 501(c)6 nonprofit, picked a president who will draw pay for the first time, and is ch...

After six years of Raimondo, Rhode Island still faces familiar economic challenges Published Thu Apr 08 2021 07:56:35 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) As she finished her six years as governor of Rhode Island, and left for a new job as Commerce secretary in the Biden administration, Gina Raimondo claimed credit for making the state’s economy stronger. In some cases, the economy is stronger. But in other ways, Rhode Island still faces many of the same challenges as before. by Ian Donnis The downtown Providence headquarters of the health-technology company Virgin Pulse has...

Rhode Island is about to get stimulus money from the federal government. How should it be spent? We ask some of Rhode Island’s officials and thought leaders how they think the money would best be put to use By Dan McGowan Globe Staff,Updated March 8, 2021, 6:20 p.m. Email to a Friend Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Dan McKee, behind podium at center, speaks before a socially-distanced audience, below, while delivering his inaugural address during a ceremonial inauguration ceremony, Sunday, March 7, 2021, in front of the Statehouse, in Providence, R.I.Steven Senne/Associated Press If you hav...