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AN ADDITIONAL $2.1 MILLION was awarded to local nonprofits from the COVID-19 Response Fund created by the United Way of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Foundation.

Additional $2.1M awarded to nonprofits from COVID-19 response fund

PROVIDENCE – Another $2.1 million in grants were awarded to 54 local nonprofits and schools from the United Way of Rhode Island and Rhode...
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FILINGS in Rhode Island due to COVID-19 reached 132,530 as of Sunday. / AP FILE PHOTO/DAVID GOLDMAN

COVID-19-related UI claims reach 132.5K in R.I.

PROVIDENCE – Unemployment insurance filings in Rhode Island related to COVID-19 increased 1,236 on Sunday to 132,530, according to the R.I. Department of Labor...
RHODE ISLAND will receive $14.2 million in federal funds to provide meals to children and low-income families during the COVID-19-related school closures. AP FILE PHOTO/CAROLYN KASTER

R.I. to receive $14.2M from feds for children nutrition programs during...

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is set to receive $14.2 million to feed children and low income families as part of the federal stimulus to...

8 Amos House residents test positive for COVID-19

PROVIDENCE – Eight residents of the Amos House emergency shelter who tested positive for COVID-19 have been moved to the Wyndham Hotel in Warwick,...

Five Questions With: Peter Lankarge

Peter Lankarge, a resident of Portsmouth, is a client specialist with the New Hampshire-based Corporate Data & Voice Solutions. He uses his background in...

VA New England Healthcare seeks workers to help with COVID-19 response

PROVIDENCE – More than 20 types of positions are open at the VA New England Healthcare System, ranging from physicians to food-service workers. Both temporary...

Butler Hospital offers virtual mental health programs for patients

PROVIDENCE – Butler Hospital has moved many of its programs to virtual platforms as supplements to on-site socially distanced programming. Patients must have access to...
GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO says it's too early to tell whether the two-day decline in the number of new COVID-19 cases is a lasting trend. / COURTESY R.I. CAPITOL TV

13 new deaths in R.I., but Raimondo says ‘much gentler’ slope...

PROVIDENCE – State health officials on Sunday reported 13 new deaths related to COVID-19 and 230 more positive cases – the second day in...
RHODE ISLAND health officials announced an additional 91 COVID-19 cases on Thursday, and two deaths from the virus. / COURTESY CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

Nineteen more COVID-19 deaths; Raimondo to outline plans for economy

PROVIDENCE - Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on Saturday said she will begin laying out plans next week for the eventual, phased reopening of the...
THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION has filed a complaint against a West Warwick company that allegedly made false claims to be an SBA approved lender. The FTC said that the company may have collected “hundreds, if not thousands” of applications for PPP loans, for which it is not an approved lender

West Warwick company charged with falsely claiming to be an SBA...

WEST WARWICK – The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against Ponte Investments LLC, alleging that the company has falsely claimed to be...
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