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R.I. businesses secure $593M in second-round PPP funds as approval rate...

Coronavirus 05/15/2020

PROVIDENCE – After inundating local lenders with applications for federal payroll relief funds, demand for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program among...

Survey: 31% of respondents missed housing payments in May

Real Estate 05/14/2020

PROVIDENCE – Nearly one-third of Americans responding to a survey missed their rent or mortgage payments in May, according to data released by Apartment...

MASSACHUSETTS GOV. Charlie Baker said that state plans to boost overall COVID-19 testing capacity to 45,000 tests a day by the end of July and 75,000 tests a day by the end of December. / AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

Baker sets testing goals; CVS opening drive-thru test sites

Coronavirus 05/14/2020

BOSTON (AP) – Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker laid out an ambitious testing goal Thursday that he said will create the largest coronavirus testing program...

CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island rose 181 on Wednesday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

COVID-19 cases in R.I. pass 12K; summer camps will be allowed...

Coronavirus 05/14/2020

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is “holding its own as a state” in managing its cases of COVID-19, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo said Thursday. But she encouraged state residents...

COVID-19 Unemployment Insurance filings increased 381 on Wednesday./ AP FILE PHOTO/PAUL SANCYA

COVID-19 UI claims rise by 381; PUA filings grow

Coronavirus 05/14/2020

PROVIDENCE – Unemployment insurance claims due to COVID-19 increased by 381 day to day to 157,582 on Wednesday, according to the R.I. Department of...

RHODE ISLAND has launched a website that hosts updates and regulations related to COVID-19 for businesses and other organizations in the state./ PBN FILE PHOTO/ARTISTIC IMAGES

R.I. offers COVID-19 guidelines for businesses; May 18 deadline for plans

Coronavirus 05/14/2020

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has created a resource for businesses that outlines operating requirements in the time of COVID-19. The guide, located at ReopeningRI.com, includes...

LAURELMEAD COOPERATIVE INC. staffer Claire Hatch wears a mask she made to help protect both residents and the community from the COVID-19 pandemic. / COURTESY LAURELMEAD COOPERATIVE INC.

Stepping Up: Laurelmead residents helping others mask up

Coronavirus 05/14/2020

PROVIDENCE – In any crisis, families turn to each other for support in a time of need. The residents and staff at Laurelmead Cooperative Inc....

COVID-19 UI claims increased to 157,201 on Tuesday. / AP FILE PHOTO/ERIC GAY

COVID-19 UI claims rise to 157.2K in R.I.

Coronavirus 05/13/2020

PROVIDENCE – Unemployment insurance filings due to COVID-19 reached 157,201 on Tuesday, a day-to-day increase of 485, according to the R.I. Department of Labor...

RHODE ISLAND has been allocated another $86.7 million in federal funds to expand testing for COVID-19./ AP FILE PHOTO/CAROLYN KASTER

R.I. to receive another $86.7M in federal funds for COVID-19 testing

Coronavirus 05/13/2020

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is due to receive another $86.7 million in federal funds to boost COVID-19 testing, Sen. Jack Reed said Wednesday. The funds...