Tag: Federal Aid Freeze
Edesia’s warehouse piling up without new federal government orders
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Edesia Inc. President and founder Navyn Salem said the humanitarian aid agency's warehouse is once again piling up with life-saving food...
Edesia lays off 16 due to lack of USAID payments
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Edesia Inc. says it has laid off 16 workers, accounting for about 10% of its staff, due to a lack of...
R.I.’s affordable rental housing shortage ranked ‘least severe’; advocates say more...
PROVIDENCE – A new study ranks Rhode Island's shortage of affordable rental housing less severe than other parts of the country. However, local advocates...
Alviti defends RIDOT, dismisses concerns over undisbursed federal funds for Washington...
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Department of Transportation Director Peter Alviti Jr. on Thursday dismissed anxieties over the undisbursed $220 million in federal funds that had...
McKee: R.I. small-business owners need to stay the course amid federal...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Monday urged Rhode Island's small-business owners to stay the course and strategize amid the current federal funding...
Will self-confidence outweigh business doubts on economy?
Mixed economic signals from the nation’s capital and state government and a stubborn inflation threat have left many Rhode Island business owners unsure how...
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