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Volunteers came back to nonprofits in 2023, after the pandemic tanked...

Economic Activity 11/19/2024

From foster grandparents who volunteer at an early child care center to citizen scientists who collect water quality data in remote locations, nonprofit volunteers...

RHODE ISLAND ranked 34th for credit card debt burdens relative to income in the U.S., according to a report by creditcards.com. / AP FILE PHOTO / STEVE HELBER

Report: Rhode Islander’s ability to pay off credit card debt ranks...

Economic Activity 06/21/2023

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked No. 34 in the United States for the average amount of credit card debt and the capacity to pay...

PROVIDENCE was one of nine areas that fell short of the 99.9 percent Census completion benchmark as of the end of the Census 2020 count. / U.S. CENSUS BREAU VIA AP

Census takers fall short of target goal in areas of U.S.,...

Government 10/23/2020

From tribal lands in Arizona and New Mexico to storm-battered Louisiana, census workers who go door to door were unable to reach all the...

TH U.S. CENSUS BUREAU is cutting its schedule for data collection for the 2020 census a month short, with collections now scheduled to stop at the end of September. / AP FILE PHOTO/LM OTERO

Census ending data collection for 2020 count a month early

Government 08/04/2020

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – The U.S. Census Bureau is cutting its schedule for data collection for the 2020 census a month short as legislation...

U.S. OFFICIALS are seeking to delay deadlines for the 2020 census because of the coronavirus outbreak. / AP FILE PHOTO/PAUL SANCYA

Officials want delay in nation’s head count due to virus

Coronavirus 04/14/2020

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – The U.S. Census Bureau wants to delay deadlines for the 2020 head count of all U.S. residents because of the...

Coronavirus could cause Census to miss students

Commentary 03/27/2020

At college dormitories and student apartments across the U.S., census forms will be piling up – but many run the risk of not being...

PBN on WJAR-TV, Feb. 25, 2019

Government 02/27/2019

Rhode Island could lose one of its two U.S. House seats and maybe federal money, too. Can it come together to ensure an accurate...

Assisted Living Locators launches North Attleborough location

Health Services 11/12/2018

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH – Assisted Living Locators has opened a new location in North Attleborough, owned by Assisted Living Locators Eldercare Advisor Maggie daSilva, to...

Female architects, engineers scarce in R.I.

Education 09/21/2018

Ocean State women are still struggling to make inroads in some traditionally male-dominated fields, including jobs that might not immediately come to mind, such...