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INNOVATOR Q&A
In R.I., there’s a lack of dentists caring for patients with special needs. This program is trying to change that.
Dr. Elizabeth Benz is the director of the Samuels Sinclair Dental Center, which was founded with the mission of providing dental care regardless of whether families could pay.
CVS pharmacists are at a breaking point, imperiling company’s reinvention plans
There are not enough pharmacists in the pipeline, and the ones the Rhode Island company employs face a daunting set of challenges.
RI HEALTH CARE
R.I. attorney general sues Prospect Medical Holdings, says his concern for its hospitals is ‘greater than it has ever been’
Prospect, which owns Our Lady of Fatima Hospital and Roger Williams Medical Center, owes $24 million to vendors, according to court filings unsealed on Friday.
RHODE MAP
⚾ Bally’s is officially in the baseball business now
MLB owners voted to let the Oakland A's relocate to Vegas in 2028, with Rhode Island-based Bally's leading the development of a 30,000-seat stadium, hotel, and casino.
PROVIDENCE
Some PVDFest vendors to get reimbursed for rained-out festival day
The plan to dole out $500 reimbursements for the cancelled final day of the festival does not include the food vendors.
RI BUSINESS
‘Overworked and lied to’: Starbucks workers will try to unionize in Providence
Workers at the coffee chain’s location at One Financial in Providence announced their intention to unionize.
RI BUSINESS
‘Bigger than Benny’s’: Alex and Ani’s asset auction has attracted nearly 900 bidders
Alex and Ani left behind thousands of items when it vacated its Rhode Island headquarters in June, including equipment and memorabilia from the once-successful jewelry company.
A federal government shutdown would have wide-ranging effects in New England
More than 60,000 federal employees work in the region, and they could be facing halted paychecks.