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Pandemic unemployment fraud grows another $9M July 7, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — There have now been almost $54 million in fraudulent unemployment claims in Rhode Island during the coronavirus pandemic, state officials say. The latest total is about $9 million more than in May, with even more victims coming forward in the past month, according to WJAR-TV. State Department of Labor and Training Director Matt Weldon said that doesn’t necessarily mean the claims were fil...

State lawmakers on Wednesday passed legislation that will allow people to work more hours while still collecting unemployment.

Here is what you need to know: How much can I work and still collect unemployment in Rhode Island? Current state law cuts off jobless benefits once anyone makes in wages at least as much as they would receive in their weekly state benefit. The proposal from the Department of Labor and Training and bills from Sen. Maryellen Goodwin and Rep. Carol Hagan McEntee, would allow a worker to make 150% of their weekly benefit before being cut off.  And it would raise the threshold at which earnings...

PHOTO: File Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee has made his political bones being the voice for Rhode Island’s small businesses, but the alliance is beginning to fray. Last week, David Levesque, the owner of the Brewed Awakening chain and leader of a large group of Rhode Island restaurants, alleged that McKee is refusing to support the group’s legislation that would push workers off unemployment and back to work. “We worked hard trying to get this bill passed so we could get people off unemp...

Thursday, May 06, 2021   View Larger + David Levesque, the owner of the Brewed Awakening chain and leader of a large group of Rhode Island restaurants, has alleged that Governor Dan McKee is refusing to support the group’s legislation that would push workers off unemployment and back to work. “We worked hard trying to get this bill passed so we could get people off unemployment. The Governor is not going to support our bill, he made this very clear,” Levesque wrote in an email to approxi...

The key contract details for URI’s new president Marc Parlange will be paid $500,000 and receive a host of other benefits during his first year at the public institution By Dan McGowan Globe Staff,Updated April 27, 2021, 1 hour ago Email to a Friend A sign on the campus of the University of Rhode Island, in South Kingstown, R.I., Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)Steven Senne/Associated Press If you have friends or relatives who would like their own free copy of this daily br...

In R.I., you may have to look for work to stay on unemployment Brian Amaral © Courtesy of the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training building in Cranston, R.I. PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island is preparing to bring back the requirement that you have to look for work and be available and able to do it while you’re collecting unemployment. Acting Department of Labor and Training Director Matt Weldon said in an interview Tuesday ...

RIPEC floats an interesting idea for improving school funding Statewide student spending total is $18,079 per pupil. Woonsocket and Pawtucket are spending far less on their students. By Dan McGowan Globe Staff,Updated April 14, 2021, 1 hour ago Email to a Friend LEADING OFF Happy Wednesday and welcome to Rhode Map, your daily guide to everything happening in the Ocean State. I’m Dan McGowan and how am I just learning now that there’s a new “Mighty Ducks” show on Disney+? Fol...

Raimondo transfers budget powers to McKee via executive order The governor also named three new acting heads of state departments By Brian Amaral Globe Staff,Updated February 22, 2021, 7:31 p.m. Email to a Friend Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo signs an executive order on Feb. 22 directing state departments to cooperate with Lieutenant Governor Dan McKee in his efforts to develop the states budget for the upcoming fiscal year.Photo Courtesy of the Office of the Governor of Rhode Island/Hand...

Raimondo delegates budget power to McKee, names 3 to cabinet Gov. Gina Raimondo Monday turned her constitutionally-granted state budget-writing responsibilities over to Lt. Gov. Dan McKee. A tax and spending plan for the year beginning July 1 is due by state law no later than March 11, but Raimondos nomination to be U.S. Commerce Secretary awaits Senate confirmation with no date set for a vote. In an executive order she signed Monday evening, Raimondo delegated "development of the FY 2022 Bud...