Providence Mayor To Pilot Guaranteed Income Program04:31. The mayor of Providence, Rhode Island says he plans to start a ‘guaranteed income’ pilot program in the next year. Jorge Elorza says the program would give direct cash payments to some Providence residents, but exact details on how much — or how many people — have not been released.

Rhode Island’s two casinos could lay off more than 1,300 workers combined by the end of next month, according to documents filed with state labor officials. More than 1,000 workers at Twin River Casino Hotel in Lincoln and nearly 300 at Tiverton […]

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