WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and 27 Senate colleagues are urging U.S. Senate leadership to reject the Trump Administration’s push conditioning […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have joined Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), and 23 other Senators pressing U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr and Acting […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed has announced $21,789,000 in Congressionally-appropriated State Revolving Funds (SRFs) for clean drinking water infrastructure projects in Rhode Island. Administered by the U.S. Environmental […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Late last night, Congress unanimously voted to extend the U.S. Small Business Administration’s authority to approve Paycheck Protection Program, PPP, loans through Aug. 8, sending the measure […]
WARWICK, RI — Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) joined RI Congressional delegates praising Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) protections for 650,000 undocumented immigrants brought […]
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Treasury and U.S. Small Business Administration have settled on a borrower-friendly PPP EZ form for loan forgiveness following Sen. Jack Reed’s legislation and small business […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are teaming up with dozens of Senate colleagues seeking new funding for the federal TRIO academic aid programs […]
WASHINGTON, DC — The full CDC COVID-19 reopening plan guiding businesses and schools on reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic has been shelved by President Donald J. Trump, and U.S. Senator […]
WASHINGTON, DC – As COVID-19 spells turbulence for the airline industry, the CARES Act delivers $50 billion in aid, which U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) said has a safe landing […]
WARWICK, RI — U.S. Senator Jack Reed announced $22 million in federal aid for T.F. Green Airport, part of the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, […]
![[CREDIT: RI.gov] The RI Department of Labor and Training is now accepting gig worker unemployment claims, as well as for freelance, and the self employed due to disruption caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/RI-DLT-140x140.jpg)
Beginning at 8 a.m. today, freelance, gig, and contractor workers and the self-employed are eligible for unemployment insurance, part of the $2 trillion stimulus passed by Congress in March.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today that President Donald Trump has approved a major coronavirus disaster declaration for Rhode Island, freeing up needed federal emergency aid to help the state combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
