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Diossa: Relief program has forgiven $10M in medical debt for Rhode...

Economic Activity 05/14/2025

PROVIDENCE – More than $10 million in medical debt has been forgiven for more than 6,000 Rhode Island residents through the state’s Medical Debt...

AT IT AGAIN: State Rep. Karen Alzate, D-Pawtucket, says the first bill she filed this legislative session was one that would restrict payday lenders, a measure that some legislators have been trying to get passed for more than a decade.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Payday lender opponents renew legislative effort

Financial Services 03/14/2025

Advocates for payday lending reform celebrated lin 2023 when the House voted overwhelmingly for a bill they believed would finally curtail so-called “payday lenders,”...

Diossa: Relief program has forgiven $7M in medical debt for Rhode...

Government 03/03/2025

PROVIDENCE – More than $7 million in medical debt has been forgiven for Rhode Island residents through the state’s Medical Debt Relief Program, R.I....

Treasury’s Investment Team welcomes Elizabeth Caldas as Deputy Chief Investment Officer

People on the Move 02/21/2025

General Treasurer James A. Diossa welcomed Elizabeth Caldas as the new Deputy Chief Investment Officer of Rhode Island Treasury’s investment team, which manages the...

Pilot financial literacy program started for Central Falls 8th graders

Financial Services 02/03/2025

CENTRAL FALLS – R.I. General Treasurer James A. Diossa, Navigant Credit Union and Fidelity Investments Inc. on Monday launched a pilot financial education program...

ADVISING CAUTION: Sen. Louis P. DiPalma, D-Middletown, says the state shouldn’t jump into buying crypto-related investments for public pension funds and treasuries even though other states are becoming more open to it.  COURTESY CAPITOL TV

States could see a crypto policy blitz in 2025; will R.I....

Economy 01/03/2025

If the R.I. State Investment Commission, which manages the state’s $11 billion public retirement system, had a crystal ball in 2019, it could have...

Treasurer Diossa Names Justin Maistrow Chief Investment Officer

People on the Move 12/10/2024

General Treasurer James A. Diossa has announced Justin Maistrow as Chief Investment Officer. Maistrow has been a key member of Treasury’s investment team since...

PROVIDENCE MAYOR BRETT P. SMILEY announced Tuesday that the city has implemented a hiring freeze and ordered a stoppage of all discretionary spending in response response to a R.I. Superior Court ruling last week that ordered the city to pay funding to the Providence Public School and the for $8.5 million in state aid to the city to be withheld. / PBN FILE PHOTO / MICHAEL SALERNO

Mayor: Court ruling over school funding will cause ‘real consequences’ for...

Education 11/12/2024

PROVIDENCE – In response to an R.I. Superior Court ruling last week that ordered the city to pay funding to the Providence Public School...

‘Auto-IRA’ comes to R.I., but is it necessary?

Financial Services 11/08/2024

As if managing the state’s $11 billion public pension fund were not enough, R.I. General Treasurer James A. Diossa will have one more money-managing...