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Fauci: States must move quickly to address COVID-19 upticks

The nation’s top infectious disease expert said in an online interview Friday that he’s “cautiously optimistic” a COVID-19 vaccine could be developed soon, but...
GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO announced Wednesday that starting Friday, bars at restaurants must shut down by 11 p.m. / COURTESY CAPITOL TV

Roughly 90 R.I. restaurants/bars showed some noncompliance; Simone concerned about curfew

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will implement its 11 p.m. shutdown for bars Friday, after Gov. Gina M. Raimondo said during her weekly COVID-19 press...
CASES OF COVID-19 increased by 100 on Thursday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Cases of COVID-19 increase by 100 with no new deaths

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 increased by 100 on Thursday, the R.I. Department of Health said Friday. Cases of COVID-19 have totaled 19,738 to date,...
CAUTION SIGNAL: Fred Mattera, executive director of the Commercial Fisheries Center of Rhode Island, warns of the potential for loss of life and loss of vessels because the 1-mile-wide transit lanes allocated for traveling around wind turbines don’t provide enough room to safely maneuver vessels in high winds and storms when visibility is low. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

POWERING UP: Offshore wind sector gains momentum despite pandemic

Stark white walls, blank computer screens and empty desk chairs weren’t what the executives at Denmark-based wind-energy firm Orsted had in mind when they...
LOOKING FOR IMMUNITY: David Chenevert, executive director of the Rhode Island Manufacturers Association, says employers should be protected from COVID-19-related lawsuits if they’re following guidelines to prevent the spread of the virus. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. companies push for COVID-19 liability protection

If an employee gets sick with the novel coronavirus, should they be allowed to file a worker’s compensation claim or a lawsuit against their...
ON LOCATION: Donahue Models & Talent owner Yemi Sekoni directs, from left, Ruby Boesch, Molly McBride and Jazzy Rosa during a recent photo shoot at the Temple to Music in Roger Williams Park in Providence. The photographer is Yan La Mort. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

She’s fashioned career from her passions

Yemi Sekoni, owner and director of Donahue Models & Talent LLC in Cranston, is pulled in many different directions, driven by a love of...

A lifeline for pre-Medicare adults

Ten years after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the Trump administration is now asking the Supreme Court to overturn it. Yet it’s...

Extra $600 for the unemployed is high, but vital

Americans who lost their jobs because of the pandemic had been getting a $600 bump on top of state benefits in their weekly unemployment...
CASES OF COVID-19 increased by 110 on Wednesday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. cases of COVID-19 increase by 110, with 2 more deaths

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 increased by 110 on Wednesday, the R.I. Department of Health said on Thursday. Cases in the state have totaled 19,611...
RHODE ISLAND PARENT Information Network released Thursday results from a survey of 427 parents of students with disabilities that they are not confident their children made progress during distance learning in the spring when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down in-person learning at school.

RIPIN survey: Parents with disabled children not confident they made progress...

WARWICK – Parents of children with disabilities feel that they are not confident in the progress their children made while participating in distance learning...
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