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Top Media Mentions in 2021

Op-ed by Neil Steinberg: We have one chance to spend $1.1B right
Providence Business News
October 29

Opinion/Clausius-Parks and Katz: It’s time to raise the RI Works benefit amount
Providence Journal
June 9

When is a tax actually tax relief? McKee explains his proposal to tax a portion of forgiven PPP loans
Boston Globe
April 13

In R.I., you may have to look for work to stay on unemployment
Boston Globe
April 12

How should RI spend $1 billion federal windfall? RI Foundation seeks to generate ideas
WPRI 12
April 7

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