Rhode Island’s Unemployment is Spiking, Despite Economy Reopening Rhode Island announced last week that the state’s official unemployment rate is now over 16%. However, while Read More.    ...

New Rhode Island Jobs Numbers Are In – Mix of Sliver of Hope and Horrible News The May jobs numbers were released by the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training on Thursday and there is...

Rhode Island’s Awoken Apparel Sees Expansion and Innovation in First Year What difference a year makes. In March of 2019, Rhode Island’s Anthony Sanders announced the launch of his new Read...

Stay-at-Home Order Drastically Slowed RI Home Sales in May, But Prices Hit Record, Say RI Realtors The Rhode Island Association of Realtors announced Monday that while May saw record housing prices...

College Hill Hotel Developer Is Back With a Revised Design and 25% Smaller Ed Small of the Smart Hotels Group is back. For ten years, the CEO of the Ohio-based company has been looking to build...

High Profile Dunkin’ Locations Closing Around Rhode Island Three high profile Dunkin’s locations have recently closed around Rhode Island.  Read More.     BREAKING: Atlanta Police Release...

Carmen Reinicke   More than 1 million Americans filed for unemployment insurance last week as the coronavirus pandemic continued to spur layoffs across the nation. US jobless claims totaled 1.5...

In The Dugout: Jonathan Williams And The Budget Decision of the Century Rhode Island lawmakers face the the decision of the century, and we have the PROVEN budget strategies for prosperity! On...

Partridge Snow & Hahn: Congress Passes Legislation to Provide More Flexibility for PPP Loan Recipients On June 3, the U.S. Senate passed legislation providing more flexibility to recipients of...

Eligible Rhode Islanders without bank account information on file with IRS to receive stimulus payments by prepaid debit card   PROVIDENCE, RI – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha reminds Rhode...

Twin River Poised to Return – Crisafulli Says Casinos Are Ready to Open Safely The state of Rhode Island has lost tens of millions of dollars in gaming revenue for the past 100 days and now...

RI’s Tax Revenue Collapses in April — Personal Income Tax Collection Falls 66% Year Over Year Rhode Island’s collection of taxes dropped at a record pace in April as a result of the...

NEW: Providence Developing Detailed Plans to Furlough Hundreds of City Workers GoLocal has learned that Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza’s administration has developed detailed plans to...

Lt. Governor McKee Criticizes Raimondo for Lack of Small Business Support In an interview on GoLocal LIVE Wednesday, Rhode Island Democratic Lt. Governor Dan McKee came out firing at Governor Read...

CARES Act provides nearly $3 million in supplementary assistance for local organizations   PROVIDENCE, RI – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza today announced the City of Providence has awarded nearly $3...

NEW: RI Reports Unemployment Rate Now 17% Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 17.0 percent in April, reflecting the impact of Read More.   NEW: RI Reports 18 New...

NEW: RI’s Budget Deficit Climbs Toward $900 Million The Rhode Island House Finance Committee received more sobering news from House Fiscal Advisor Sharon Ferland Reynolds, Read More.   NEW:...