Tag: Cares Act
Cities, towns irked by lack of aid, withholding of revenue
As government coffers shrink, financial tensions between Rhode Island municipal and state leaders are growing.
The Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns recently criticized...
RIDE receives $10.9M federal education grant
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the R.I. Department of Education a $10.9 million grant to support the Ocean State’s efforts...
Raimondo: Small-business relief is coming, but not for another few weeks
PROVIDENCE – After nearly a month and a half of public pressure on Gov. Gina M. Raimondo to use federal CARES Act funds to...
Lt. Gov. McKee floats relief plan on his own
Lt. Gov. Daniel J. McKee is proposing using a portion of Rhode Island’s $1.25 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds to create grant and...
R.I. AG, Treasurer’s offices launch new website to protect student-loan borrowers
PROVIDENCE – Nearly a year after the Student Loan Bill of Rights was passed in Rhode Island, the R.I. Office of the General Treasurer...
Local colleges to collectively receive $75.8M from CARES Act
PROVIDENCE – Local colleges in Rhode Island and Bristol County, Mass., will be receiving much-needed federal aid from the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief and Economic...
Insight into emergency stimulus programs
The federal stimulus package known as the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security) Act includes a number of financial relief programs for businesses...
Financial losses mount at colleges, universities
Colleges across the nation are scrambling to close deep budget holes and some have been pushed to the brink of collapse after the coronavirus...
The $2 trillion CARES Act could provide lifelines for small business
Many small businesses breathed a sigh of relief when Congress passed the $2 trillion CARES Act to help prevent them from going under during...
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