Governor Gina Raimondo has announced a Coronavirus Relief Fund grant program for Rhode Island businesses affected by Executive Order 20-95, which requires an early shutdown for certain bars and restaurants. Under the...more
On July 15, 2020, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo announced a new small business grant program to be administered through Rhode Island Commerce. The “Restore RI” grant program will initially be funded with $50 million,...more
As many Rhode Islanders know, the Governor has recently released a plan to begin phased reopening as the State begins to emerge from the Coronavirus crisis. As part of that phased reopening, the Rhode Island Department of...more
On April 13, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, Delaware Governor John Carney, and Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo...more
As we previously reported here, on March 16th, 2020, Governor Gina M. Raimondo issued Executive Order 20-05, temporarily suspending certain portions of Rhode Island’s Open Meetings Act that prohibit public bodies from meeting...more
Governor Gina Raimondo issued an Executive Order which takes effect Saturday, April 18, 2020, requiring that all customer/client-facing businesses and non-profit organizations, all office space businesses and non-profit...more
An emergency rule of Rhode Island CRLB went into effect this morning “in response to the State of Emergency issued by the Governor.” The rule seeks “limit in-person contact while continuing to efficiently administer the CRLB...more
On March 22, 2020, Governor Raimondo issued the Seventh Supplemental Emergency Declaration that ordered “[a]ll business service personnel that can work from home are required to do so.” The order was effective immediately...more
On March 9, 2020, Rhode Island Governor, Gina Raimondo, declared a state of emergency in response to the onset of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID-19”). As part of her declaration, Governor Raimondo announced that the...more
I’ve posted a number of times about the coming wave of efforts to reduce or eliminate GHG emissions from buildings. Notwithstanding Washington’s current intransigence, the electric sector is now decarbonizing. With that...more
Rhode Island is the second state to attempt to limit how much healthcare costs can increase each year by establishing a target or benchmark. Massachusetts implemented a benchmark in 2012. Delaware is expected to follow suit...more
Earlier this month Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo signed into law changes to the state’s runoff statute that are intended to make it a more attractive channel for insurers and reinsurers seeking to separate, transfer and...more
Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo recently signed into law the Healthy and Safe Families and Workplaces Act (“Act”), which will require Rhode Island employers with 18 or more employees to provide paid sick and safe leave...more
Recently, Governor Gina Raimondo signed into law legislation to establish statewide standards to bolster protections for wetlands while streamlining the permitting process during development. Before the new legislation, each...more