Rhode Island outlines up to $1.1 billion in potential federal COVID-19...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has spent or committed less than $185 million of the $1.25 billion it will receive from the federal government for...
Lifespan, CNE discussing a formal ‘collaboration’
PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System on June 2 announced they will spend the next three months in discussions about...
Former Providence attorney sentenced for mail fraud, pension theft
PROVIDENCE – Oleg Nikolyszyn, a former city attorney who fraudulently collected pension funds in the name of a former client following the man’s death,...
ACLU of RI files suit against Pawtucket school officials for unlawful...
PAWTUCKET – Two American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island cooperating attorneys filed suit in federal court on June 2 over a school resource...
Preservation Society of Newport County lays off 231 workers as PPP...
NEWPORT – The Preservation Society of Newport County has laid off 231 full-time and part-time workers, representing 69% of its staff, WJAR-TV NBC 10...
5% hotel tax collection in March plummets over 50% Y/Y
PROVIDENCE – Collection of the state 5% hotel tax in March declined 50.7% year over year to $562,853, the R.I. Department of Revenue said...
Lombardi bill would allow R.I. senators proxy vote during state of...
PROVIDENCE – Sen. Frank Lombardi, D-Cranston, has introduced legislation that would allow state senators the right to request permission to vote by proxy during...
Bristol County, Mass., sees rise in deaths by suicide over previous...
NEW BEDFORD – Bristol County, Mass., is experiencing a rise in the number of deaths by suicide compared with this time in previous years,...
DLT: Hospitality, food jobs hardest hit by COVID-19 in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – The three industries in Rhode Island hardest hit by unemployment claims during the COVID-19 crisis are accommodation and food services, health care...
Study: Essential-worker pay gap in R.I. among highest in nation
PROVIDENCE – Essential workers in Rhode Island earn 26% less than the average salary in the state, ranking as the No. 4 biggest difference...
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