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Home-based workers became younger, more diverse in pandemic 

People working from home became younger, more diverse, better educated and more likely to move during the worst part of the COVID-19 pandemic, according...
CASES OF COVID-19 increased last week by 326, with four new deaths. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. COVID-19 cases increased by 326 last week, with 4 new...

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 326 from March 26 through April 1, with four new deaths, the R.I....
PREPPING FOR CHANGE: Lindsay Lang, director of HealthSource RI, says the organization is taking steps to ease the change in health care coverage for the hundreds of people who will no longer be eligible for Medicare. 
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Medicaid renewals put state leaders on alert

Lindsay Lang feels a certain amount of pride that the rate of Rhode Islanders with health insurance coverage is among the highest in the...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increased by 360 last week, with 6 new...

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 360 from March 19-25, with six new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health...
CONFIRMED CASES of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 458 from March 5-11, with nine new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health says. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 458, with 9 new deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 458 from March 5-11, with nine new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said on...

Mass. COVID-19 public health emergency ending May 11

PROVIDENCE – The COVID-19 public health emergency in Massachusetts will end May 11, the same day the federal public health emergency is set to...
CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 532 from Feb. 26 through March 4, with five new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health says. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. COVID-19 cases increased by 532 last week, with 5 deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 532 from Feb. 26 through March 4, with five new deaths, the R.I. Department...
TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY is only encouraging attendees to wear masks for evening performances. However, it is it still requiring masks for matinee shows. / COURTESY TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY

Trinity Rep partially relaxes COVID-19 mask requirement

PROVIDENCE – COVID-19 masking policies are being relaxed at Trinity Repertory Company for audience members, to some extent. The theater group announced late Wednesday that...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increased by 646 last week, with 5 deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 646 from Feb. 19-25, with five new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said on...
RHODE ISLAND residents had more faith in their state and local governments, including Daniel J. McKee than they did with federal lawmakers in handling the COVID-19 pandemic, according to  according to a poll from the COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding the Public’s Policy Preferences Across States. / AP FILE PHOTO

Survey: R.I. residents trusted state, local governments more than federal in...

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island residents had more faith in their state and local governments than they did in federal lawmakers in handling the COVID-19...
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