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

Government 01/15/2025

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...

United Way awards $1.5M in equity fund grants

Economic Activity 08/14/2024

PROVIDENCE – Fifteen organizations will share $1.5 million in grants from the Providence Equity Fund at the United Way of Rhode Island, the nonprofit...

NEARLY 99% OF Rhode Island’s businesses are small businesses or micro businesses, those with 10 employees or fewer, according to a study by The Economic Progress Institute.

Report: R.I. comprised of mostly small, micro businesses

Economic Activity 06/28/2024

PROVIDENCE – The smallest state in the nation is powered by small businesses. Nearly 99% of Rhode Island’s businesses are small businesses or micro businesses,...

Who will be eligible for reparations?

Government 09/02/2022

Black and Indigenous people aren’t the only ones who stand to benefit from Providence’s racial reparations plan. As proposed by a city panel, the services...

DECISION TIME: Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza, seated, and the City Council must decide on $10 million in recommended spending for the city’s racial reparations program. Elorza is pictured in February at the announcement of his creation of a panel that has made spending recommendations for the program.  COURTESY CITY OF PROVIDENCE

City must make clearer goals, scope of reparations program

Economy 09/02/2022

Proposed spending for Providence’s still-evolving racial reparations program includes several worthy suggestions. Among them, funding for homeownership, workforce training and support for small businesses. The...

Woonsocket teen wins $1M investment to help communities of color

Education 05/31/2022

WOONSOCKET – Mariam Kaba's answer to a million dollar question is about to become a reality for the 15-year-old Career and Technical Center sophomore. The...