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$1.3M grant to help R.I. workforce affected by opioid crisis

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Labor and Training will receive $1.3 million in federal funding to help create jobs for people who lost...

Goldin to join Biden administration, resigns from R.I. Senate

PROVIDENCE – Sen. Gayle L. Goldin, D-Providence, has resigned from the state Senate, effective immediately, to take a position in President Joe Biden's administration...

DLT gets $4M federal grant for apprenticeship programs

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Labor and Training was awarded a $4 million grant to develop, modernize and diversify its registered apprenticeship programs...

Amgen, Veterans Assembled Electronics at STRAC Institute win Platinum Awards for...

PROVIDENCE – Biopharmaceutical manufacturer Amgen Rhode Island in West Greenwich and Veterans Assembled Electronics at the STRAC Institute in Providence each won a U.S....

709,000 seek U.S. jobless aid as pandemic escalates

WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of people seeking United States unemployment benefits fell last week to 709,000, a still-high level but the lowest figure...
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT of Justice announced Tuesday that a local man, a former federal air marshal, has admitted to collecting fraudulent disability benefits. / AP FILE PHOTO/DAVID AKE

Ex-federal employee admits to collecting fraudulent disability benefits

PROVIDENCE – A former federal air marshal has admitted in federal court that he concealed his self-employment and his role in a Middletown-based martial...

Brown joins legal brief to block new federal visa rules

PROVIDENCE – Twenty-five colleges, including Brown University, filed an amicus brief in U.S. District Court in California on Oct. 30 asking the court to...
BROWN UNIVERSITY is one of 25 colleges that filed Oct. 30 an amicus brief in U.S. District Court in California asking the court to block the federal government from implementing new rules that would restrict H-1B visa eligibility. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown joins legal brief to block new federal visa rules

PROVIDENCE – Twenty-five colleges, including Brown University, filed an amicus brief in U.S. District Court in California on Oct. 30 asking the court to...

R.I. Department of Labor and Training awarded $1.3M opioid crisis grant

PROVIDENCE – A $1.3 million federal grant awarded to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training will help provide jobs and training to address...
LOCKE LORD LLP has entered into a voluntary agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor related to federal allegations of gender pay discrimination to associates in the company's Providence office.

Locke Lord enters into agreement following allegations of gender pay discrimination...

PROVIDENCE – Locke Lord LLP has agreed to resolve allegations of pay discrimination at its Providence office, the U.S. Department of Labor announced Thursday. The...
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