The developer of a major Massachusetts offshore wind farm is suing its turbine manufacturer seeking to force it to stay with the project.  Vineyard Wind filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Massachusetts against GE Renewables. That comes after the parent company for GE Renewables said it would be terminating its contracts for turbine services and maintenance […]

PROVIDENCE – Textron Aviation Defense LLC has been awarded a five-year, $150 million U.S. government contract modification to provide engineering and program management for the Beechcraft T-6 Texan II fleet.  The contract modification awarded Monday extends an original deal reached in 2021. The pact will now cover systems engineering and program management services through 2031 ...

On the edge of Providence’s Federal Hill and West End neighborhoods is a former industrial building still filled with old machinery and abandoned pallets. It’s the very spot a group of entrepreneurs had envisioned for a cannabis dispensary run by a diverse worker cooperative. PVD Flowers secured the location in October in order to qualify […]

WEST WARWICK – AstroNova Inc. posted a loss of $2.4 million, or 31 cents per diluted share, for its fiscal year that ended Jan. 31. The result narrows the $14.5 million loss the company reported a year ago.  The full-year revenue, which AstroNova considers fiscal 2026, totaled $150.2 million, a decrease from $151.2 million last year.  The […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. wholesale prices surged last month as the Iran war drove up the cost of energy. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that its producer price index – which measures inflation before it hits consumers – rose 0.5% from February and 4% from March 2025. The year-over-year gains was the biggest in more […]