Tag: Coronavirus
Supplement to fiscal 2020 state budget could be considered next week
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. General Assembly may consider a supplemental budget for the current fiscal year next week, according to a press statement. The...
R.I. to test asymptomatic residents for COVID-19; state sees smallest increase...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will be looking to test 900 asymptomatic residents per day in the next rollout of testing, announced Gov. Gina M. Raimondo...
Raimondo extends COVID-19 executive orders; R.I. sees 16 more deaths
PROVIDENCE – While the state of Rhode Island wraps up its first work week of Phase II of reopening the economy, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo...
COVID-19 UI filings rise by 532
PROVIDENCE – COVID-19-related unemployment insurance claims increased by 532 on Thursday, to 166,535, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training.
Pandemic unemployment assistance...
Office alterations: Pandemic reshaping the workplace as employees begin returning
The community candy dish in the office is gone. So is the team lunch, the over-the-desk conversation and people rushing into a crowded elevator.
As...
Lt. Gov. McKee floats relief plan on his own
Lt. Gov. Daniel J. McKee is proposing using a portion of Rhode Island’s $1.25 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds to create grant and...
Five Questions With: Dan Richard, principal at St. Raphael Academy
Daniel Richard | Principal, St. Raphael Academy
1. St. Raphael Academy was thrust into the national spotlight just as the coronavirus was starting to hit...
Sumbarauskas named Newport Mental Health director of nursing
BLANKA SUMBARAUSKAS is the new director of nursing at mental health and substance-use care facility Newport Mental Health in Middletown. Sumbarauskas brings experience from...
Tourism will need support from R.I. leaders
On the morning of March 11, thousands of young athletes from across the Northeast were packing their bags for a trip to Providence. They...
A need to flatten the mental health curve
The mental health crisis triggered by COVID-19 is escalating rapidly. One example: When compared with a 2018 survey, U.S. adults are now eight times...
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