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CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 108 on Wednesday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. sees 108 new COVID-19 cases, with 3 more deaths

Coronavirus 08/27/2020

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 increased by 108, with three more deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said on Thursday. Cases in the state now...

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 68, with 2 more deaths

Coronavirus 08/26/2020

PROVIDENCE – COVID-19 cases in Rhode Island increased by 68, with two more deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said on Wednesday. There have been...

South Kingstown to impose fines to curtail off-campus partying

Coronavirus 08/26/2020

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – In an effort to curtail any possible COVID-19 outbreaks among college students as they return to the University of Rhode Island...

RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION has loaned $500,000 to the Capital Good Fund so the organization can issue short-term loans to consumers who do not qualify for conventional financing for expenses related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

R.I. Foundation loans Capital Good Fund $500K to help those impacted...

Coronavirus 08/26/2020

PROVIDENCE – The Capital Good Fund will have an extra half-million dollars to make loans to individuals who have been impacted by the COVID-19...

Bill filed to halt evictions; Ruggerio says a crisis was looming...

Coronavirus 08/25/2020

PROVIDENCE - Sen. William J. Conley Jr., D-East Providence, and Rep. Grace Diaz, D-Providence, filed legislation that would implement a moratorium on evictions and...

CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 60 on Monday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 60, with 4 more deaths

Coronavirus 08/25/2020

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 60, with four more deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said on Tuesday. Cases in...

R.I. weekly PUA filings rise by record 23.3K

Coronavirus 08/25/2020

PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment assistance filings in Rhode Island increased by 23,322 last week, the largest weekly total in the program’s short history, according...

COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND will be laying off 122 part-time employees, most of which as of Sept. 4. / COURTESY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND

CCRI to lay off 122 part-time employees

Coronavirus 08/24/2020

WARWICK – Community College of Rhode Island President Meghan L. Hughes wrote in a letter Aug. 21 to the college community that 122 part-time...

CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 259 over the three-day period from Aug. 21 through Aug. 23. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Raimondo introduces COVID-19 school support center

Coronavirus 08/24/2020

PROVIDENCE – Less than a month before Rhode Island’s schools will reopen, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo announced on Monday the launch of an Education Operations Center as...