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Replies(3) Ellie is a reminder that there are many good people in the world and that acts of kindness can make a huge difference, RIPTA CEO Scott Avedisian said. We are so proud that she is a RIPTA employee. (Rachel Nunes/Patch )
PROVIDENCE, RI A Rhode Island Public Transit Authority driver was commended for coming to the aid of a man in distress on the Henderson Bridge in East Providence. Eldora Ellie Giblin was issued a commendation by the organization s board of directors.
RIPTA said that Giblin showed exemplary compassion and selflessness when, on April 3, she pulled over her Route 33 bus after seeing a man with one leg over the rail of the bridge. Giblin said she was nervous, but felt she had to take action since no one else who had pulled over tried to talk to the man.
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Updated January 6, 2021, 9:29 a.m.
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Vice President Mike Pence administers the oath of office to Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., during a reenactment ceremony in the Old Senate Chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021.Samuel Corum/Associated Press
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With attention focused on whether gyms and other small businesses would be allowed to reopen, Gov. Gina Raimondo last week moved to preserve corporate job-creation incentives in danger of disappearing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In an executive order signed Wednesday, Raimondo suspended deadlines for companies to report promised hiring and claim tax credits under the Qualified Jobs Incentive Program, one of the state s primary lures to get businesses to move here or expand.
Nearly 40 companies have been approved for tax credits under the program since lawmakers created it in 2015.
Raimondo s order seeks to combat a problem challenging state leaders nationwide: the shift to work from home since March has kept many employees at home in another state.