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THERE WERE 70,136 individuals collecting some form of unemployment benefit in Rhode Island last week. / AP FILE PHOTO/PAUL SAKUMA

Weekly filings continue to climb for COVID-19 unemployment insurance and PUA

PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment-assistance filings totaled 4,027 last week, an increase from 3,807 one week prior, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and...

Weekly filings rise for COVID-19 unemployment insurance and PUA

PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment-assistance filings totaled 4,214 last week, an increase from 3,807 one week prior, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and...
GOING IT ALONE: Katie Murano, a sole proprietor with a wedding photography business, has lost all of her 2020 jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic. She has struggled to qualify for relief programs because of the structure of her business. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Getting aid a struggle for many sole proprietors

A sole proprietorship seemed like the best option when Katie Murano started her wedding photography business in January. Having previously owned an event-planning business as...
PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE filings in Rhode Island totaled 3,807 last week. / AP FILE PHOTO/ERIC GAY

PUA weekly filings decline, but continuing claims remain high

PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment-assistance filings totaled 3,807 last week, a decline from 4,100 one week prior, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and...
PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE filings in Rhode Island totaled 4,100 last week, however, 36,336 individuals in the state continued to received PUA benefits at that time. / AP FILE PHOTO ROBERT F. BUKATY

PUA weekly filings tick down to 4.1K

PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment-assistance filings totaled 4,100 last week, a decline from 5,073 one week prior, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and...

R.I. weekly PUA filings dip to just over 5K

PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment-assistance filings totaled 5,073 last week, a decline from 5,533 one week prior, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and...
THERE WERE 74,386 Rhode Islanders who claimed some form of unemployment benefit, including pandemic unemployment assistance, for the week ended Oct. 25. / AP FILE PHOTO/PAUL SAKUMA

R.I. PUA filings total 5.5K last week

PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment-assistance filings totaled 5,533 last week, a decline from 6,789 one week prior, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and...

R.I. weekly PUA filings dip to 6.8K

PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment-assistance filings in Rhode Island totaled 6,789 last week, down from 7,452 the previous week, according to the R.I. Department of...

PUA weekly filings increase by 7.5K

PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment-assistance filings in Rhode Island increased by 7,452 last week, to 310,887, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training. PUA...
PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE filings totaled 7,532 last week. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND TRAINING

R.I. weekly PUA filings dip to 7.5K

PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment-assistance filings in Rhode Island increased by 7,532 last week, to 303,435, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training. PUA...
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