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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 that those rules, suspended at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, would be back in place “in the...

RI BUSINESS When is a tax actually tax relief? McKee explains his proposal to tax a portion of forgiven PPP loans Business owners in Rhode Island say the governor’s proposed plan could harm small businesses By Brian Amaral Globe Staff,Updated April 13, 2021, 5:57 p.m. Email to a Friend Pink spring blossoms at the Rhode Island State House, surround the dome on a cloudy day.Suzanne Krieter/Globe staff PROVIDENCE — When he first unveiled his budget plan in March, Gov. Dan McKee distanced himself from one of its more controversial proposals: making forgiven Paycheck Protection Program l...

McKee committed to PPP taxation over $150K Updated at 7:07 p.m. on April 7, 2021 GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE is committed to a budget proposal calling for taxation of Paycheck Protection Program loans over $150,000 that would generate about $67.7 million in general revenue in 2021 and 2022. / AP PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s proposal to tax forgiven Paycheck Protection Program loans greater than $150,000 would generate an estimated $67.7 million in revenue for the state in fiscal years 2021 and 2022, according to the governor’s office. Despite growing opposition from...