Tag: Pew Charitable Trusts
Payday lender opponents renew legislative effort
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,”...
Pew: R.I. has 22nd highest interest rates on payday loans
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranks in the bottom half of states when it comes to protections against payday lenders, according to a report from...
Pew: R.I. among 20 states to regain COVID tax losses by...
PROVIDENCE – The post-pandemic rebound has boosted some state coffers ,including Rhode Island which was among 20 states that ended 2020 with more in...
PEW: R.I. ranks No. 18 in share of stimulus funds relative...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranks No. 18 in terms of the share of federal stimulus funds it will get relative to its state spending,...
Warwick man pushes lawmakers to fund new drugs to fight antibiotic-resistant...
PROVIDENCE – Eric Molloy was shocked at his mother’s sudden death. He remembers the date – Nov. 12, 2018 – and describes each day...
R.I. chosen for NGA academy on improving biz regulations
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is one of five states that will participate in a National Governor’s Association program designed to improve business regulatory processes,...
Report: R.I. real tax revenue up 3.9% in Q1 2019...
PROVIDENCE – Real tax revenue in the first quarter of 2019 in Rhode Island was 3.9% higher than the pre-recession peak in the third quarter...
How concerned are you that Rhode Island was the only state...
The news was sobering if not downright depressing. But according to a Pew Charitable Trusts study, Rhode Island was the only state in the...
Report: R.I. only state with no personal income growth in 2018
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island was the only state in the nation that did not log an increase in inflation-adjusted personal income year over year...
Legacy of Gov. Chafee lives on
Give praise when and where it’s due, so a hearty job well-done should go out to Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee based on the most...
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