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A. Kathryn Power

It’s time to take control where we can

We knew from the start that the COVID-19 pandemic was going to do more than make people sick. Just days after our country’s first...
PUSHING AHEAD: A rendering of what the Foodlove market is expected to look like when complete this summer in Middletown. / COURTESY NEWPORT RESTAURANT GROUP

NRG on cutting edge of food innovation

In 2020 it was called “pivoting.” In 2021, it’s called “innovation.” The first innovation in the food world this year is being undertaken by Newport...

DOR: State COVID-19 grants will be taxed

PROVIDENCE – While the state is posed to lose “tens of millions” in tax revenue from forgivable payroll loans, the state’s COVID-19 relief grant...

R.I. to increase capacity limits for weddings, catered events, gyms and...

PROVIDENCE – Catered events, including weddings, will have more flexibility to add people starting Friday, according to the R.I. Department of Health. The relaxation...
MASS. GOV. CHARLIE BAKER announced that the state is easing some of its COVID-19 restrictions by increasing the capacity limits on businesses to 40%. / AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

Massachusetts easing some COVID-19 business capacity limits

BOSTON (AP) – Massachusetts is easing some of its COVID-19 restrictions by increasing the capacity limits on businesses to 40%, Gov. Charlie Baker announced...
CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 496 on Wednesday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEATH

R.I. ramping up number of COVID-19 vaccination sites

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Islanders in the near-future will be able to access a variety of vaccination sites for COVID-19, according to the R.I. Department...

R.I. Department of Health on underused COVID-19 treatment: ‘We have plenty...

PROVIDENCE – The vaccines that prevent serious illness with COVID-19 are in short supply in Rhode Island. Paradoxically, a treatment for mild to moderate COVID-19...

Raimondo: R.I. ‘in a good, stable place’

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo delivered what's expected to be her final State of the State address virtually on Wednesday, focusing mostly on...

McKee names COVID-19 advisory group, 20-member panel will advise him on...

PROVIDENCE – Lt. Gov. Daniel J. McKee, who is expected to become governor this month, on Wednesday announced a team of advisers on COVID-19,...

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 446, with 12 more deaths

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 446 on Tuesday, with 12 more deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Wednesday. Hospitalizations...
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