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Thursday, October 17, 2024Dear Chamber Friends – Happy Support Your Local Chamber Day! In honor of this holiday, we have created an online tool kit to help you promote the important work you do and the benefits of joining local chambers. See Support Your Local Chamber Day below for more information. In sadder news, the U.S. Chamber lost its longtime CEO, Tom Donohue this week. Tom led the U.S. Chamber for over 20 ...read moreCategories: Chamber, Press ReleaseThursday, September 19, 2024Rhode Island-Based Jobs Rose by 300 from July; August Unemployment Rate Increased to 4.6 Percent CRANSTON, R.I. – Jobs at Rhode Island businesses rose by 300 jobs in August as the state’s unemployment rate increased by one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.6 percent. Over the year, jobs were up 4,200 from August 2023, and the unemployment rate was up one and seven-tenths percentage ...read moreCategories: Economic, General News ArticleTuesday, August 06, 2024FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 6, 2024 CONTACT Olivia DaRocha Press Secretary Olivia.DaRocha@governor.ri.gov (401) 602-2701 PRESS RELEASE New England States Selected to Receive $389 Million in Federal Funding for Transformational Offshore Wind Transmission and Energy Storage Infrastructure Investments States secure highly competitive funds from the U.S. Department of Energy’s ...read moreCategories: Political, General News Article, Press ReleaseTuesday, July 30, 2024Updated website. We’ve redesigned our website with a simpler, more streamlined experience. · My Business Account portal removal. Because our account online interface is more streamlined, there will no longer be a dedicated My Business Account option for commercial customers on the new website. · Bill updates. New bill designs offer more information and options available to ...read moreCategories: Press ReleaseThursday, July 18, 2024Rhode Island-Based Jobs Fell by 700 from May; June Unemployment Rate Remained at 4.3 Percent CRANSTON, R.I. – Jobs at Rhode Island businesses fell by 700 jobs in June as the state’s unemployment rate remained at 4.3 percent. Over the year, jobs were up 5,500 from June 2023, and the unemployment rate was up one and seven-tenths percentage points. Rhode Island’s Labor Force The ...read moreCategories: General News ArticleMonday, July 08, 2024Final 2024 Legislative Wrap-up In this last 2024 edition of Advocacy in Action, we provide you with a list of bills that have become law in 2024, along with the effective dates of the new laws. Your Chamber was very engaged, tracking just over 400 pieces of legislation, and providing testimony on many of them verbally or in writing. This year is an election year. We encourage you to register and ...read moreCategories: Economic, General News Article, PoliticalTuesday, May 28, 2024This Week At the State House As we approach the last few weeks of session, most of the bills mentioned in this publication will be scheduled for a vote by the committee, with a few hearings sprinkled throughout. The House Finance Committee has not posted the budget yet, but is expected to do so at any moment. Tuesday, May 28th H.7837, An Act Relating to Labor and Labor Relations – ...read moreCategories: General News Article, PoliticalMonday, May 13, 2024Last Week At the State House Revenue Estimating Conference – The Numbers Are In The conferees completed their estimates during a seven-hour meeting Friday. The bottom line – in FY2024, total taxes are up $26.8 million with general revenues up $47.7 million. For FY2025, taxes are estimated to be $10.2 million more than originally thought, with general revenues up only $9.7 million more ...read moreCategories: General News Article, PoliticalMonday, April 29, 2024Last Week At the State House The Senate Labor Committee passed two bills of particular note, sending them to the Senate floor for a vote Tuesday, April 30th. S.2123 SubA, An Act Relating to Labor and Labor Relations – Payment of Wages, was amended by the committee. Today employers must include with wage payments, an account of the hours worked, deductions from gross earnings and an ...read moreCategories: General News Article, Economic, PoliticalWednesday, April 17, 2024Legislative Break April 15 – 20 The General Assembly is on vacation break this week. They will return April 23rd for the third phase of the session. This last phase is marked with the development and passage of the final budget which should take place in June. The House and Senate Finance Committees have almost completed hearings on the Governor’s proposed budget. They will now wait for the ...read moreCategories: Economic, Political, General News ArticleTuesday, April 09, 2024PRESS RELEASE Governor McKee, DEM, CRMC and RIIB Announce Availability of Nearly $4M in Grants for Resilience Projects to Protect Coastal Habitat Shoreline Access on Public Lands PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) are jointly soliciting project proposals for ...read moreCategories: General News Article, Economic, PoliticalMonday, April 08, 2024Call to Action – Now is the Time! The Chamber Needs Your Help! The Chamber is asking you to contact your State Representative and State Senator and let them know how H.7171 and S.2121 will affect your business. H.7171, An Act Relating to Labor and Labor Relations – Temporary Disability Insurance, (S.2121 is the identical bill) increases the weekly dependance allowance provided under ...read moreCategories: Economic, General News Article, PoliticalMonday, April 01, 2024Last Week At the State House S.2121, the Temporary Caregiver bill, passed the Senate Floor 31- 3. Minority Leader Jessica de la Cruz, Senator Anthony DeLuca and Senator Thomas Paolino voted against the bill. Absent from the vote were: Senator Elaine Morgan, Senator Louis Raptakis and Senator Gordon Roberts. The bill is now on its way to the House Labor Committee. While the bill passed the ...read moreCategories: General News Article, Economic, PoliticalMonday, March 25, 2024*** ACTION ALERT *** In a recent conversation with Legislative Leaders about legislation that could harm the business community, they remarked that they don't hear enough from business owners like you at the State House. The Chamber realizes that it is difficult to come to the state house and sit through a hearing because you are busy facing the challenges of running a business. However, you ...read moreCategories: General News Article, Press Release, Economic, PoliticalWednesday, March 20, 2024FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Faythann Fallon Newsletter and Outreach Editor 401-222-3636 ext. 435 ffallon@ripbs.org Rhode Island PBS Annual Fundraiser to Feature PBS Chefs Bridget Lancaster and Bryan Roof The public media organization’s Uncorked! event returns April 12, 2024 PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND (March 18, 2024) - Rhode Island PBS is delighted to announce the details for this year’s ...read moreCategories: Press Release, General News ArticleMonday, March 18, 2024Senate Labor Committee Passes Family Leave Bill On a 4-2 vote, the Senate Labor Committee recommended passage of S.2467, An Act Relating to Labor Relations – Rhode Island Parental and Family Medical Leave Act. The bill increases the number of benefit weeks provided to employees from thirteen weeks every two years, to twenty-four weeks every two years. While the Chamber understands that this ...read moreCategories: General News Article, PoliticalMonday, March 11, 2024This Week At the State House Tuesday March 12th House Committee on Health & Human Services H.7694, An Act Relating to State Affairs and Government – RI Individual Market Affordability Act of 2024 will be heard in room 135 at the Rise (approximately 4:30pm). H.7694 establishes a new program entitled “The Rhode Island Individual Market Affordability Program” and funds it through a 2% ...read moreCategories: Political, General News ArticleMonday, March 04, 2024This Week At the State House Tuesday, March 5th House Finance Committee The House Finance Committee has scheduled several hearings on the Governor’s proposed budget. As reported last week, the committee is scheduled to take testimony on sections of Article 6 – Tax Article at the Rise (approximately 4:30). Article 6 sections 3, 6 and 16-20 affect businesses engaging in the sale of ...read moreCategories: General News Article, Press Release, Political
Thursday, February 29, 2024RIPEC NEWS RELEASE Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council 225 Dyer Street, 2nd Floor – Providence, RI 02903 www.RIPEC.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For information contact: Michael DiBiase 401-521-6320 m_dibiase@ripec.com RIPEC Analyzes Rhode Island’s Tax Climate, Weighs in on Tax Proposals Before the General Assembly PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Rhode Island Public ...read moreCategories: General News Article, Press ReleaseTuesday, February 20, 2024This Week At the State House The legislature is on break this week. The House bill filing deadline has been extended to February 27th. Both the House and Senate will resume hearings and floor sessions Tuesday, February 27, 2024. US Chamber Asks for Your Help In 2017, Congress passed a permanent reduction to the corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21% as part of the Tax Cuts and ...read moreCategories: Political, Press ReleaseTuesday, February 20, 2024FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, February 16, 2024 CONTACT Olivia DaRocha Press Secretary Olivia.DaRocha@governor.ri.gov (978) 854-2191 PRESS RELEASE Governor McKee, DEM Announce over $200,000 in Grant Awards for Community Engagement on Climate Change, Advancing Environmental Justice, And Cutting Fossil Fuels PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee and the Department of ...read moreCategories: General News Article, Political, Press ReleaseMonday, December 11, 2023BankNewport Named Top SBA 504 Third-Party Lender in Rhode Islandfor Sixth Consecutive YearFiscal Year 2023 Title is BankNewport’s 12th in 13 Years NEWPORT, R.I. (December 8, 2023) – BankNewport was recently recognized by the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Rhode Island district office as the top 504 Third Party Lender of the Year for Fiscal Year 2023. BankNewport has earned this ...read moreCategories: Economic, General News Article, Press Release