Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act

THE PAYOFF: Jennifer Magaw can relate to the confusion many people with student loans are feeling about the on-again, off-again plans for loan forgiveness. For a long time, she felt anxiety about more than $100,000 in debt she had after finishing law school.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Confusion reigns over status of student loans

Education 09/15/2023

Jennifer Magaw graduated from law school in 2012, but she continued comparing notes with her peers for several years afterward. Her notes weren’t about classes....

Prosecutors press forward after uncovering $8.9M in COVID-19 relief fraud across...

Coronavirus 02/22/2023

PROVIDENCE – It started with a phone call to a local police department. A resident warned that two local businessmen had applied for federal...

BROWN UNIVERSITY has received to date $33 million in reimbursements from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency for COVID-19 testing expenses. /  AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

Local colleges receive millions from FEMA for COVID-19 testing expenses

Coronavirus 10/10/2022

PROVIDENCE – Local colleges and universities for the better part of the last two years conducted test after test, health screening after health screening...

THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION awarded $76 million in grants to more than 2,300 local nonprofits in 2021. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

R.I. Foundation awarded $76M in grants in 2021, second-most in its...

News Story 02/24/2022

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation in 2021 awarded $76 million in grants to more than 2,300 local nonprofits and also raised approximately $98...

THE GRODEN NETWORK is one of nine early intervention providers that received $3.6 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act funds to help offset the organizations’ revenue losses and high expenses that were incurred due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

$3.6M in state CARES Act funds distributed to 9 early-intervention providers

Coronavirus 12/20/2021

PROVIDENCE – About $3.6 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act funds will be distributed to nine early-intervention providers across Rhode Island,...

GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE, left, along with Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos and Rhode Island Foundation CEO and President Neil D. Steinberg, announce Monday that $4.5 million Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act funds have been made available to eligible Rhode Island-based nonprofits helping on the frontlines with the COVID019 pandemic. / PBN PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

R.I. makes $4.5M in grants available to nonprofits fighting COVID-19

Government 11/29/2021

PROVIDENCE – Nonprofits on the front lines responding to the COVID-19 pandemic will be eligible for a much-needed financial boost to continue helping local...

5Q: Carlos E. Tobon R.I. state representative, D-Pawtucket Co-chair, R.I. House of Representatives American Rescue Plan Act Task Force / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Five Questions With: Carlos E. Tobon

5Q 11/26/2021

Carlos E. Tobon R.I. state representative, D-Pawtucket Co-chair, R.I. House of Representatives American Rescue Plan Act Task Force 1. What should be the primary focus of...