Roch’s escapes from a hard place
Ray Roch wasn’t sure what would become of his family business when Rhode Island’s public schools closed in mid-March as the coronavirus pandemic gained...
Pandemic Diary: The quest for financial resiliency
(Editor’s note: This is the fifth installment in a weekly series on how Cooley Group is managing the COVID-19 pandemic, from the perspective of...
It’s best to ride the downs and ups
If you look at your phone or turn on the TV, it’s hard to miss that the stock market is on a journey worthy...
It’s up to us to make R.I.’s ‘new normal’ a better...
In these extraordinary times there is evidence of hope and generosity all around, just as there is uncertainty and urgent, extreme need. We are...
Save The Bay announces series of virtual challenges to replace annual...
PROVIDENCE – Save The Bay Inc.’s annual open-water swim will be held as a series of virtual challenges this year, The Associated Press reported...
Reed announces $5.9M in Low Income Home Energy Assistance funds for...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has received $5.9 million through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to help residents pay their utility bills during...
R.I. businesses secure $593M in second-round PPP funds as approval rate...
PROVIDENCE – After inundating local lenders with applications for federal payroll relief funds, demand for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program among...
Survey: 31% of respondents missed housing payments in May
PROVIDENCE – Nearly one-third of Americans responding to a survey missed their rent or mortgage payments in May, according to data released by Apartment...
Rhode Island Foundation raises $400K to support distance learning
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Foundation’s challenge to provide computers and Wi-Fi hot spots to school communities in need across the state has raised more...
Citizens provides $321M in PPP loans to 3,100 R.I. small businesses
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Bank has helped roughly 3,100 Rhode Island small businesses secure a total of $321 million in funding through the U.S. Small...