R.I. website helps restaurants navigate new grant program
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Division of Taxation has unveiled a webpage and online application for a grant program to aid restaurants and bars that...
Report: Despite job gains, R.I. economic activity ‘severely constrained’ in Q3
PROVIDENCE – Despite recovering a number of jobs, economic activity in Rhode Island continued to be “severely constrained” because of the coronavirus pandemic, according...
Providence College Galleries, Dirt Palace partner to provide grants for visual...
PROVIDENCE – Providence College Galleries has partnered with Providence-based Dirt Palace Public Projects to co-found the Interlace Grant Fund to support Providence-area visual artists...
Telemarketer sentenced to 33 months in prison after pleading to wire...
PROVIDENCE – Chirag Sachdeva, an Indian national, was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for his participation in a wire fraud scheme to...
RWU lowers tuition rate for East Providence residents, city employees
EAST PROVIDENCE – Roger Williams University has partnered with the city to provide a discounted rate on all of RWU’s University College programs for...
Downtown Providence experiencing high rates of opioid overdoses
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza recently shared findings and recommendations of two reports examining the high rates of opioid overdoses and strategies to...
Providence man must repay nearly $20K in fraudulently obtained UI benefits
PROVIDENCE – City resident Christopher Berarducci has been ordered to repay the state nearly $20,000 after pleading to fraudulently obtaining unemployment insurance benefits by...
Aura Cannabis buying former BK’s Beacon Tavern building in Fall River
FALL RIVER – BK’s Beacon Tavern, in the Fall River Industrial Park, closed on Oct. 31 after nearly nine years of operation, The Herald...
McKee asking state officials to increase funding in Restore RI grant...
PROVIDENCE – Lt. Gov. Daniel J. McKee has sent a letter to Gov. Gina M. Raimondo and R.I. Commerce Secretary Stefan Pryor asking the...
Brown joins legal brief to block new federal visa rules
PROVIDENCE – Twenty-five colleges, including Brown University, filed an amicus brief in U.S. District Court in California on Oct. 30 asking the court to...
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