Rep. Karen Alzate on support for POC-owned businesses and RI’s Black and Latino caucus
Rhode Island Report · Lylah Alphonse
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Show Notes
Last year, less than eight percent of state business contracts were awarded to minority owned enterprises. That’s below the ten percent marker promised by the state, and could mean a hefty loss of income for minority owned businesses already struggling to keep up with white-owned competitors. Ed Fitzpatrck talks with Rep. Karen Alzate about the needs of minority owned businesses, and what’s top of mind for the state’s legislative Black and Latino caucus.
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