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FOCAL POINT: Warwick Mayor Frank J. Picozzi stands on Conimicut Point with the Conimicut Shoal Lighthouse in the background. Picozzi wants to use some of the city’s federal COVID-19 relief funds to renovate the historic beacon. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Ready to spend: R.I. cities, towns have differing ideas about how...

Coronavirus 02/04/2022

The historic Conimicut Shoal Lighthouse at the mouth of the Providence River is far from being the shining beacon it once was, but Warwick...

GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE and state leaders announced Wednesday that the state is making $12 million available for grant opportunities to fund creation of affordable and supportive housing. Pictured is the R.I. Statehouse. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CASSIUS SHUMAN

R.I. announces $12M in ARPA funds for housing grants

Economy 02/02/2022

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee and state leaders announced Wednesday that the state is making $12 million available for grant opportunities to fund...

McKee announces $12.5M in small-business grants from ARPA funding

Coronavirus 01/31/2022

PROVIDENCE - Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Monday announced the availability of up to $5,000 in individual grants from a new $12.5 million state...

SPACE MAKING: Derek Sharp, left, senior project manager for Suffolk Construction Co., and Kim Ward, Bally’s Corp.’s regional executive director of public and community affairs, check the progress on the $100 million expansion project at Bally’s Twin River Lincoln Casino. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

After huge pandemic losses, governments see rapid rebound

Coronavirus 01/28/2022

State and local governments lost at least $117 billion of expected revenue early in the pandemic, according to an Associated Press analysis, but many...

GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE during his State of the State address Tuesday proposed creating a Rhode Island Higher Ed Academy to help Rhode Islanders pursue higher education and training that may not only increase the state’s overall workforce but also put the Ocean State on a path toward long-term economic recovery. AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

Was Gov. Daniel J. McKee right to commit all of the...

Economy 01/28/2022

Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s proposed $12.8 billion fiscal 2023 budget commits all of the state’s roughly $1 billion in remaining American Rescue Plan Act...

SIX RHODE ISLAND-BASED arts organizations received $450,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the R.I. State Council on the Arts announced Thursday.

6 R.I. arts organizations receive $450K in ARPA funds

Art & Culture 01/27/2022

PROVIDENCE – Six Rhode Island-based arts organizations will get a combined $450,000 in American Rescue Plan Act grants from the National Endowment for the...