Tag: American Rescue Plan Act
$61.7M credit initiative slow to deploy money
In today’s economy, Anthony Ramon would have had a tough time securing a mortgage to buy a commercial building on Cranston’s Park Avenue, if...
Providence introduces new home repair program for low-income residents
PROVIDENCE – A new city-run program will help low-income residents who have incurred multiple housing code violations make essential repairs to their homes at...
R.I. Black Business Association’s new HQ now open
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Black Business Association’s new home is now open for business.
The nonprofit that supports the advancement of Black- and minority-owned...
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,...
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