Final push for PPP loans helps smallest of state businesses
PROVIDENCE – Nearly 90% of the Rhode Island small businesses approved for federal payroll relief loans in the final five weeks of the program...
Bill filed to halt evictions; Ruggerio says a crisis was looming...
PROVIDENCE – Sen. William J. Conley Jr., D-East Providence, and Rep. Grace Diaz, D-Providence, filed legislation that would implement a moratorium on evictions and...
Former St. Joseph Hospital property to be donated to Providence for...
PROVIDENCE – Two buildings and a parking lot at the former St. Joseph Hospital will be donated to the city for conversion to a...
Former Providence police recruit sues department, claiming race discrimination
PROVIDENCE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island on Aug. 18 filed a federal lawsuit charging the Providence Police Department with race...
R.I. performs better than 87% of peer pension plans in FY...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island pension fund has performed better than 87% of its peer pension funds in the fiscal year that ended June...
Providence announces $300M in infrastructure improvements to city schools
PROVIDENCE – City officials on Aug. 18 announced an amended School Capital Plan that outlines $300 million in infrastructure improvements to Providence Public Schools.
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Rhode Island Foundation grants $290K to 42 nonprofits in Newport County
NEWPORT – Child & Family, Lucy’s Hearth, Meals on Wheels and the James L. Maher Center are among 42 nonprofits to share in $290,000...
Brown University, UMass Dartmouth alter reopening plans to involve more online...
PROVIDENCE – Brown University and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth are altering their fall instruction plans to involve more fully online courses due to...
Twin River loses $21.4M in Q2, as it moved to reopen...
PROVIDENCE – Twin River Worldwide Holdings Inc. lost $21.4 million in the second quarter of 2020, a loss of 77 cents per diluted share,...
Burrillville woman pleads to falsely obtaining $16K in SNAP benefits
PROVIDENCE – A Burrillville woman received a five-year deferred sentence and was ordered to repay $16,402 to the state after she pleaded no contest...
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