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Connect Greater Newport Connect Greater Newport Economic Update Report September 2025 Key Takeaways: Newport’s unemployment rate remains below the state average as unemployment fell below pre-pandemic rates amid stability in the year-over-year rate. The Newport region’s labor force and employment totals have risen slightly. The workforce overall remains highly educated and well-positioned to take on…
Read MoreIn the News By Newport This Week Staff on September 11, 2025 By Philip Cozzolino Gov. Dan McKee touched on growing healthcare costs, local education, Aquidneck Island’s lack of affordable housing and the policies of the Trump administration while speaking to business owners and industry professionals at Innovate Newport on Sept. 3. The roundtable, sponsored by…
Read MoreConnect Greater Newport Key Takeaways: Newport’s unemployment rate remains below the state average as unemployment fell below pre-pandemic rates amid stability in the year-over-year rate. The Newport region’s labor force and employment totals have fallen since the previous year, with negative workforce implications if the trend continues. However, the workforce overall remains highly educated…
Read MoreEconomic Development Natural Gas Connection Moratorium Economic Impact Analysis The State of Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission (PUC), Division of Public Utilities and Carriers (Division) Energy Facility Siting Board (EFSB) will hold a second public hearing on Aquidneck Island: EFSB – SB-2021-04 Notice of Public Hearing – Potential Natural Gas Moratorium on Aquidneck Island –…
Read MoreConnect Greater Newport Key Takeaways: Newport’s unemployment rate remains below the state average as unemployment fell below pre-pandemic rates amid stability in the year-over-year rate. The Newport region’s labor force and employment totals have fallen since the previous year, with negative workforce implications if the trend continues. However, the workforce overall remains highly educated and…
Read MoreLegislative Updates The General Assembly session recessed in the early morning hours of June 21. Over the last couple weeks of the session, legislators passed bills increasing the minimum wage, banning the sale of assault weapons, increasing funding for primary care, hospitals and nursing homes, measures to address housing development and affordability among many other…
Read MoreIn The News Editor’s Choice: Greater Newport Chamber to hold Summer After Hours at Rail Explorers By James Bessette – 07/04/2025 RAILWAY: The Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce will hold its Summer After Hours event at Rail Explorers in Portsmouth on July 16. COURTESY RAIL EXPLORERS Subscription Options
Read MoreIn The News Senator Jack Reed to address Newport business community at Politics & Pancakes event Rhode Island’s senior senator will discuss federal legislative impacts on local businesses at August 7th Chamber breakfast by Ryan Belmore Whatsup Newp <img src=”https://i0.wp.com/whatsupnewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/PPReed-1.png?fit=780%2C1010&quality=80&ssl=1″ alt=”” width=”780″ height=”1010″ data-perfmatters-preload=”” data-hero-candidate=”1″ data-attachment-id=”512965″ data-permalink=”https://whatsupnewp.com/2025/07/senator-jack-reed-to-address-newport-business-community-at-politics-pancakes-event/ppreed-1/” data-orig-file=”https://i0.wp.com/whatsupnewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/PPReed-1.png?fit=1545%2C2000&quality=80&ssl=1″ data-orig-size=”1545,2000″ data-comments-opened=”0″ data-image-meta=”{“aperture”:”0″,”credit”:””,”camera”:””,”caption”:””,”created_timestamp”:”0″,”copyright”:””,”focal_length”:”0″,”iso”:”0″,”shutter_speed”:”0″,”title”:””,”orientation”:”0″}” data-image-title=”Greater Newport Chamber to welcome…
Read MoreIn The News Senator Jack Reed to Speak at Newport Chamber GoLocalProv Wednesday, July 09, 2025 The Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce will hear from United States Senator Jack Reed as the special guest speaker for its third quarterly Politics & Pancakes event on Thursday, August 7th. The series, hosted in partnership with The Pell…
Read MoreIn the News By Brent Lang Variety.com ALISON COHEN ROSA “Stand back, I’m about to act,” Ashlie Atkinson, who plays gossipy Mrs. Fish on HBO‘s “The Gilded Age,” jokes as she prepares for another take of a luncheon scene that finds her giving side-eye to Mrs. Astor (Donna Murphy), the grande dame of the upper crust.…
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