Tag: Margaux Morisseau
R.I. lawmakers and advocates working to address soaring housing costs
BOSTON (AP) – A push to develop affordable housing on publicly owned land and a requirement that renters receive a four-month notice of planned...
Activists won’t abandon payday lending fight
It has not been a lucky year for Georgina Paulino. The Westerly resident’s partner was injured and is out of work. The care of...
Does ‘Homeless Bill of Rights’ need an update?
Rhode Island’s adoption of a “Homeless Bill of Rights” may have won state leaders praise when it was passed in 2012, but the weakness...
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...
Thundermist, NeighborWorks collaboration vaccinates 100 in Woonsocket
WOONSOCKET – One hundred city residents received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine this month as a result of a joint effort between Thundermist...
Bill reignites controversy over payday lending reform
PROVIDENCE – A state senator wants payday lenders out of Rhode Island.
Sen. Harold Metts, D-Providence, submitted legislation earlier this month that would eliminate provisions...
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