Tag: American Rescue Plan Act
Workers at Women & Infants to hold no-confidence vote
PROVIDENCE – After months of unrest at Women & Infants Hospital, unionized caregivers are holding a no-confidence vote.
Members of Service Employees International Union 1199...
City rescinds $150K contract amid review of racial reparations, ARPA budgets
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley's administration has rescinded a $150,000 contract awarded to the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society as Smiley undertakes a...
Local education partnerships receive $3.9M in ARPA-funded grants
WARWICK – State elected and education officials on Tuesday at Oakland Beach Elementary School announced that 21 grants totaling $3.9 million were awarded to...
1,400 workers at Women & Infants vote no confidence, union says
PROVIDENCE – Nearly 1,400 unionized caregivers at Women & Infants Hospital voted no confidence against their employer, citing years of unheard grievances and a...
R.I. receives $61.7M in federal funds from Biden’s State Small Business...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will be getting a major federal financial award courtesy of the Biden administration’s State Small Business Credit Incentive.
Gov. Daniel J....
Where are businesses in helping city schools?
Not long after the Providence Public School District was taken over by the state in 2019 to turn around the state’s largest – and...
Number change boosts calls to R.I. crisis lifeline
A little over six months since the national suicide and crisis lifeline trimmed down its number to an easy-to-remember 988, calls have been pouring...
R.I. launches program for first-time homebuyers
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee Wednesday announced a new statewide program aimed to create more homeownership for first-time homebuyers.
The new RI Statewide Down...
R.I. receives $11.6M in federal funding to address health care workforce,...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is receiving around $11.6 million in federal funding to help strengthen the state’s public health care workforce and improve critical...
R.I. Foundation awards $8.3M to 91 nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded 91 nonprofit organizations a total of $8.3 million in grants to assist their efforts in housing,...
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