Providence Business news interviewed Michael DiBiase for a story about how municipalities in Rhode Island have been spending their $536.8 million allocation of federal pandemic-era American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds ahead of the funding allocation deadline in December. DiBiase noted that “it would be advisable to invest in capital investments that would provide value in the long term,” and not to use ARPA dollars to pay for ongoing municipal expenditures, which could create long-term deficits.