Elected officials can proactively aid our state’s economic recovery   See Our 30 Policy Solutions Here   Providence, RI – With continued reports of states enacting pro-growth reforms to...

Federal Reserve Says RI Faces $400-$460M Shortfall, Means “Armageddon” Without Federal Relief The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston paints a bleak picture of Rhode Island’s economic condition and...

RI Commerce Offers Small Businesses PPP Support – Including Those Without Banking Relationships The Rhode Island Commerce Corporation is urging all small businesses who are interested in...

April 24th, 2020 Over $840,000 in Federal Funds to Rhode Island for Arts & Humanities COVID-19 Relief. Rhode Island’s statewide arts and humanities agencies will receive $840,600 in federal...

Top Sports Stadium Experts Question Viability of $400M Pawtucket Soccer Project While Rhode Island officials have extended the proposed $400 million soccer-retail and hotel project’s deadlines Read...

Care New England Loses $44.5M in March, Dr. Fine Warns Primary Care Physicians Face Economic Ruin Care New England reports that the hospital group lost a total of $44.5 million in March.  This...

Interview: Reed and Whitehouse Update Chamber on COVID-19 Relief Package Chamber President Laurie White caught up with Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse yesterday afternoon for a conversation...

View the Chamber’s Recorded Webinar: Waiting for Your PPP Loan? This Program May Help The Rhode Island Superior Court has initiated a business protection program in response to disruptions...

Top Lobbyist Hired by Arizona Company Proposing $400M Soccer Stadium in Pawtucket Former Rhode Island Speaker of the House Bill Murphy, who has close ties to Speaker of the House Nick Mattiello,...

RI Ranks Poorly in Securing Small Business PPP Stimulus Funds Rhode Island ranks 36th in the United States for securing monies under the Payroll Protection Plan (PPP) via the federal Read More.   7...

Governor Gina M. Raimondo and Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD, MPH, the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH), made several announcements today about the state’s response to...

EDITORIAL: This Crisis Is RI’s Opportunity to Reinvent Itself for the Future – 6 Must-Do Steps This cruel economic and healthcare crisis has exposed Rhode Island’s economic frailty. The...

Message from Governor Raimondo: Answering Your Questions about Cloth Masks Last week, the State of Rhode Island began recommending that we should all be wearing cloth face coverings when we are out in...

7 Major Coronavirus Developments — Federal Funds Little Help to RI Restaurants —  April 13, 2020 Rhode Island restaurateurs are warning the federal stimulus may do little to help them. The...

As Stimulus Money Runs Out, RI Taps Goldman Sachs to Support Small Business and Backstop Federal PPP John Rogers, Executive Vice President of Goldman Sachs, announced on Monday that his investment...

Goldman Sachs Commits $10 Million for Small Business Loans in Rhode Island Governor Raimondo announced today that Goldman Sachs has committed $10 million for loans for small businesses in Rhode Island...

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Latest Unemployment Numbers Show More Than 165,000 in RI Out of Work Going into the coronavirus crisis and shutdown, approximately 20,000 Rhode Island residents were unemployed. Since Read More.  ...

How Long and Deep Will Rhode Island Be in a Recession – Experts Weigh In Rhode Island’s unemployment is spiraling — now more than 165,000 are out of work. The critical question is Read...

“The only limitation on the number of applications has been the states’ ability to process those claims,” said one analyst. Eddie Rodriguez, who works for the City of Hialeah, hands out...