Tag: American Rescue Plan Act
Education, compensation key to addressing staffing shortages in health care
Now that American Rescue Plan Act funds have expired, the next six to eight months will be telling of what challenges remain in addressing...
Did Pawtucket and the state make the right bet in backing...
Tidewater Landing soccer stadium developer Fortuitous Partners on Feb. 8 announced that all financing on the United Soccer League team’s future 10,000-plus-seat Pawtucket stadium...
The best use for pandemic aid?
Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s $13.7 billion fiscal 2025 budget recommends “reprogramming” $51.7 million of the roughly $700 million in unspent State Fiscal Recovery Funds...
RIPEC urges fiscal ‘restraint’ for FY 2025 state budget
PROVIDENCE – With the historic infusion of federal revenues from pandemic relief programs expiring and a reversal of record state revenue surpluses, the state’s general...
‘She-cession’ cessation: Women’s employment hits record high, but hardships endure
After taking the entire 2022-2023 school year off for maternity leave, Erin Thibeault wasn’t just eager to return to work as a first grade...
ProvPort executes lease to develop E.P. port; Waterson Terminal pledges $35M...
EAST PROVIDENCE – More than a year after ground was broken to build a new wind turbine shipping and staging area on the city’s...
After initial launch, RIC’s new cybersecurity institute looks to be self-funded
State leaders have agreed to set aside more than $2 million to launch the Institute for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies at Rhode Island College,...
What happened to Providence’s reparations initiative?
Jim Vincent threw himself into the work when he was appointed to the Providence Municipal Reparations Commission in early 2022 because he saw an...
RIPTA’s R-Line fare-free program ending after monthlong extension
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Public Transit Authority says it's extending the R-Line fare-free pilot program for another month to give passengers sufficient time to...
6 Providence nonprofits receive $300K from city to improve organizational infrastructure
PROVIDENCE – Six local nonprofits will receive $300,000 in total grants from the city’s Building Resilience in Nonprofits Serving Underserved Providence Communities program to...
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