Tag: Economic Progress Institute
New polling shows support for R.I. payday lending reform
PROVIDENCE – After years of failed attempts to regulate payday loans in Rhode Island, state lawmakers have a new weapon in their arsenal this...
Economic Progress Institute names Nelson-Davies new executive director
PROVIDENCE – Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies, who served as managing attorney at Massachusetts-based nonprofit Community Legal Aid, has been named The Economic Progress Institute’s new executive...
R.I. Office of Revenue Analysis: Film tax credit program rife with...
PROVIDENCE – Not only is the state losing money on its motion picture tax credit program, but a majority of the companies that get...
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.
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