Tag: Economic Progress Institute
RIF unveils ‘Make It Happen’ principles, timeline for ARPA spending
PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island Foundation-led initiative to offer advice on how state leaders should spend more than $1 billion from the American Rescue...
Payday loan reform bills return to General Assembly
PROVIDENCE – State lawmakers are once again considering cracking down on payday lenders.
Legislation introduced in both chambers of the General Assembly and discussed in...
Will changes to R.I.’s unemployment policies ease hiring woes?
The age-old debate between academia and the business world has resurfaced, this time over whether generous unemployment insurance benefits are to blame for employers’...
United Way of R.I. awards $4.5M in grants to organizations promoting...
PROVIDENCE – As part of the United Way of Rhode Island’s five-year, $100 million plan to create transformative change in the Ocean State, the nonprofit...
Report: R.I. had No. 2 highest rate of poverty in N.E....
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island had the No.18 lowest poverty rate in the United States in 2019 but the second highest rate in New England...
Economic Progress Institute predicts move away from employer-based health insurance
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked third in the nation in the lowest rate of residents that are not covered by health insurance in 2019,...
EPI calls for alternatives to budget cuts, including raising taxes
PROVIDENCE – The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been projected to cause a massive revenue shortfall for Rhode Island for fiscal 2021.
The...
Banker battles disparity in wages, opportunity
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Lisa Ranglin, Rhode Island Black Business Association
For Lisa Ranglin – risk and compliance manager for Providence-based Citizens Bank –...
Report: R.I.’s family assistance benefit program needs improvement
PROVIDENCE - Safety net benefits for low income families with children under 18 in Rhode Island have not increased for nearly 30 years, and...
Banker battles disparity in wages, opportunity
For Lisa Ranglin – risk and compliance manager for Providence-based Citizens Bank – it’s been a busy professional track.
Her executive experience includes more than...
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