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MULTIPLE INSURANCE COMPANIES will be issuing credits to auto insurance policy holders for the months of April and May due to the COVID-19 pandemic. / PBN FILE PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Insurance companies to issue credits to customers on auto policies

Business Services 04/13/2020

PROVIDENCE – Multiple insurance companies are issuing credits on customers’ auto insurance policies as a way of offering relief during the COVID-19 pandemic. Amica Mutual...

THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE has called on federal leaders to expand funding to business lending programs relate to COVID-19. / AP FILE PHOTO/SUSAN WALSH

U.S. Chamber of Commerce calls for more funding for COVID-19 lending...

Coronavirus 04/13/2020

PROVIDENCE – U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Suzanne P. Clark sent a letter to the leaders of Congress April 10 calling for increased funding...

GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO has joined Democratic governors from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Connecticut to develop coordinated plans to restart their state economies after the COVID-19 pandemic. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Raimondo joins Northeast coalition to develop regional plan to reopen economies

Coronavirus 04/13/2020

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo is joining a coalition of mostly fellow East Coast Democratic governors to develop a regional plan to guide...

RHODE ISLAND has identified nearly 3,000 cases of COVID-19 in the state as of Monday. / COURTESY CAPITOL TV

R.I. sees 10 more COVID-19 deaths; cases near 3K

Coronavirus 04/13/2020

PROVIDENCE – The number of identified cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island reached 2,976 on Monday, marking a 311-case daily increase and 10 more...

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FILINGS in Rhode Island due to COVID-19 passed 115,000 as of Sunday. / AP FILE PHOTO/DAVID GOLDMAN

COVID-19-related unemployment claims pass 115K

Coronavirus 04/13/2020

PROVIDENCE – The number of unemployment insurance claims in Rhode Island attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic reached 115,693 as of Sunday, a 1,537 increase...

Five Questions With: Betsy Canino

Health Services 04/12/2020

Betsy Canino is PACE Organization of Rhode Island’s chief of clinical services. She discusses how PACE is serving seniors in Rhode Island outside of...

Thundermist’s 2 respiratory clinics test for COVID-19, care for people with...

Health Services 04/12/2020

WOONSOCKET – Thundermist Health Center has opened two respiratory clinics in Woonsocket and West Warwick in response to the coronavirus crisis. At the clinics, which...

Grant funds protective equipment purchases for CareLink members

Health Services 04/12/2020

PROVIDENCE – CareLink has announced that it has received a $70,000 grant from a nearly $6 million fund set up by the Rhode Island...

NHPRI eases access to care by waiving some authorization requirements amid...

Health Services 04/12/2020

SMITHFIELD – Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island is waiving requirements for pre-authorization for behavioral health and inpatient medical and surgical treatment. The changes, which...