Tag: Coronavirus
COVID-19-related UI claims reach 132.5K in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Unemployment insurance filings in Rhode Island related to COVID-19 increased 1,236 on Sunday to 132,530, according to the R.I. Department of Labor...
R.I. to receive $14.2M from feds for children nutrition programs during...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is set to receive $14.2 million to feed children and low income families as part of the federal stimulus to...
Butler Hospital offers virtual mental health programs for patients
PROVIDENCE – Butler Hospital has moved many of its programs to virtual platforms as supplements to on-site socially distanced programming.
Patients must have access to...
13 new deaths in R.I., but Raimondo says ‘much gentler’ slope...
PROVIDENCE – State health officials on Sunday reported 13 new deaths related to COVID-19 and 230 more positive cases – the second day in...
13 more COVID-19 deaths in R.I.; cases pass 4K
PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 reached 4,177 as of Thursday, marking a 366-case increase day to day, according to the R.I. Department of Health...
State bridge loan fund hits 500 applications, could soon be out...
PROVIDENCE – A state bridge loan program aimed at helping restaurants and micro businesses stay afloat could have more applications in than money available.
The...
Business owners left out as lending program goes on hold
NEW YORK (AP) – The government’s lending program for small businesses is tapped out, leaving business owners who still need loans waiting for Congress...
With pandemic losses mounting, local colleges face biggest test
Rhode Island-based colleges are already feeling the financial strain from the COVID-19 pandemic, with the cancellation of usually profitable events and the loss of...
Pandemic Diary: Seeking silver linings
(Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a weekly series on how Cooley Group is managing the COVID-19 pandemic, from the perspective of...
Shutdown of R.I. training programs could have lingering effect
You can’t learn to drive a tractor-trailer over Zoom.
Which is why the Teamsters Local 251 Driving School, which offers commercial driver’s license certification training...
