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Hasbro HQ vs. RIPTA funding: What’s at stake under a potential...

While Gov. Daniel J. McKee pledged to not raise taxes during his 2025 State of the State address, a crowd of progressive advocates gathered...

Proposed bill could make R.I. 10th state with equity impact laws

Nine states have equity impact laws. Rhode Island could be 10th under this bill. When lawmakers bring a bill to the chamber floor, one of...
PAOLA FERNANDEZ, senior vice president and community development officer for Centreville Bank, has been elected as the new chairperson of the United Way of Rhode Island Inc.’s board of directors. / COURTESY UNITED WAY OF RHODE ISLAND INC.

United Way of R.I. elects Fernandez as new board chair

PROVIDENCE – Paola Fernandez, Centreville Bank’s senior vice president and community development officer, has been elected as the new chairperson of the United Way...
SHIFTING GEARS: Brown University School of Public Health doctoral candidate Alison Weber says lawmakers in favor of extending Rhode Island’s paid family leave program from eight weeks to 12 should focus on expanding the definition of care from spouse and child to include grandchildren and siblings. 
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TCI program family leave extended, but can workers afford to use...

Employees in Rhode Island needing to care for a newborn or a seriously ill spouse or child will be getting more paid time off...

In R.I.’s payday lending wilderness, a strong voice for reform

Minutes into his work day on a June Monday, Mike Healey saw a post by his social media-savvy boss in support of payday lending...
Dwayne Keys

Keys named Economic Progress Institute board chair

DWAYNE KEYS, director of programs, multifamily, for Compass Working Capital in Boston, was recently named board chair for the Economic Progress Institute. The Providence-based...

United Way of R.I. honors community champions

PROVIDENCE – Two individuals, a nonprofit coalition and a local financial institution were recently honored by United Way of Rhode Island Inc. during the...

Economic Progress Institute names Keys new board chair

PROVIDENCE – Dwayne Keys, the director of programs, multifamily for the Boston-based nonprofit Compass Working Capital, has been named the new board chair for...
BATTLE TESTED: ­Margaux Morisseau, co-chair of the Rhode Island Coalition for Payday Reform, has been fighting against payday lenders and the lobbyists for years, and she feels the momentum is swinging her group’s way now. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Activists won’t abandon payday lending fight

It has not been a lucky year for Georgina Paulino. The Westerly resident’s partner was injured and is out of work. The care of...
THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION has awarded $2.2 million in grants to six nonprofits, as well as created $1.2 million in endowments for 14 organizations to address racial inequity in the state. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

RIF awards $2.2M in grants, creates endowments for organizations addressing racial...

PROVIDENCE – Six local nonprofits have received $2.2 million in total grants from the Rhode Island Foundation to help take down causes of systemic...
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