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Providence pension bond pitch clears R.I. House

PROVIDENCE – As interest rates rise, the window of opportunity is closing on the city's pitch to borrow half a billion dollars to pay...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 374, with no deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 374, with no new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Wednesday. Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients...
CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 1,262 over the holiday weekend, with two new deaths. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 1,262 over weekend, with 2 deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island have increased by 1,262 from May 27 through Monday – including 215 new cases on...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 425, Newport County elevated to ‘high’...

PROVIDENCE – The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday raised the COVID-19 threat level in Newport County to “high” while lowering...
A NEW REPORT commissioned by the R.I. Department of Revenue says the state could gain $18.5 million per year in general revenue from iGaming. This image shows a free money mobile slot game offered through Bally's Twin River Lincoln Casino. / COURTESY BALLY'S CORP.

Does the owner of Rhode Island’s two casinos deserve to have...

Bally’s Corp., owner of Rhode Island's two casinos, is suing Lincoln and Tiverton to get their property taxes reduced due to COVID-19-related revenue losses. The...
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The supply chain lesson from pandemic

COVID-19 has exposed the skewness in the globalized supply chain. During the pandemic, the disruption of the value chain was common across most, if...

R.I. House to consider Providence pension obligation bond plan

PROVIDENCE – A plan to borrow half a billion dollars to shore up the city’s beleaguered pension fund moved one step closer to reality,...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 455, with four new deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 455, with four new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Thursday.  Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients...

Nation’s first test-to-treat COVID-19 clinic to open in Providence

PROVIDENCE – White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish K. Jha said sick Rhode Island residents should not be shy about coming by to...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 425, with no new deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 425, with no new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Wednesday. Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients...
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