Access RI calls on McKee to reinstate remote meetings for public...
PROVIDENCE – As the highly contagious omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus surges across Rhode Island and around the country, a nonprofit coalition is...
Despite supply issues and omicron, holiday sales rise 8.5%
Holiday sales rose at the fastest pace in 17 years, even as shoppers grappled with higher prices, product shortages and a raging new COVID-19...
Flight cancellations continue due to bad weather, sick crews
NEW YORK (AP) – Flight cancellations that disrupted holiday travel stretched into Monday, with major U.S. airlines each canceling dozens of flights.
Staffers calling out sick...
Westerly Hospital requires vaccine proof or negative test for visitors
WESTERLY – Westerly Hospital is among the health care facilities across the state to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative PCR test...
CHAIN REACTION: Supply snags deliver blow to R.I. businesses
With cycling’s popularity surging during the COVID-19 pandemic, demand has been sky high at Providence-based outerwear company Cleverhood LLC.
That’s because the company designs and...
Kent offers state’s first ‘hospital-at-home’ acute care program
Call it home sweet hospital.
Kent County Memorial Hospital in Warwick recently received a waiver from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and...
Are we going back to the igloos?
The winter of 2022 is here. It is the second full winter under the COVID-19 pandemic. During the first winter, The idea of living...
Personality put to the test in recruiting process
As the labor market becomes more competitive, the pressure to hire the right people and engage them within the company’s culture has amped up....
R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 1,379, with 3 new deaths
PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 1,379, with three new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Thursday.
Hospitalizations of...
R.I. keeping unemployment insurance tax rate unchanged in 2022
CRANSTON – Rhode Island businesses won't see an increase in their unemployment insurance tax rate for 2022 even though the trust fund that keeps...
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