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The Bottom Line
5:01 pm
Fri April 5, 2013

The Bottom Line: The Employment Landscape in RI

Providence Business News Editor Mark Murphy joins Rhode Island Public Radio's Dave Fallon for a weekly business segment we're calling "The Bottom Line." Each Friday it looks at business news and themes that affect local business and the public.

This week Dave and Mark talk with Rick Brooks, executive director of the Governor’s Workforce Board. They discuss the jobs landscape, how jobs training programs work, and job advice for people who need a job now.

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You can hear The Bottom Line each Friday at 5:50pm.

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Local Features
4:00 pm
Fri March 22, 2013

The Bottom Line: Taking the Business Expo to the Garage

Providence Business News Editor Mark Murphy joins Rhode Island Public Radio's Dave Fallon for a weekly business segment we're calling "The Bottom Line." Each Friday it looks at business news and themes that affect local business and the public.

This week, Dave and Mark talk with Laurie White, president of the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce.

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Local Features
8:01 am
Sat March 16, 2013

The Silver Boom: Growing Old Gay in 2013

Credit Sally Hay / SAGE RI
SAGE RI's Sally Hay

In less than 20 years, a quarter of the state’s population will be older than 60. Rhode Island Public Radio is looking at this growing demographic in a series we call “The Silver Boom: Aging in Rhode Island.” Weekend Edition Host Bradley Campbell sat down with the Program Coordinator at Sage Rhode Island, Sally Hay, to talk about issues facing the aging gay and lesbian community.

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Explore more stories in our series, The Silver Boom: Aging in Rhode Island.


 

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