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MORE THAN 40,000 Rhode Islanders are set to lose unemployment benefits on Sept. 4 as several COVID-19-related federal programs expire. / AP FILE PHOTO/PAUL SAKUMA

DLT: Over 40K to lose benefits in R.I. as federal unemployment...

PROVIDENCE – Over 40,000 individuals in Rhode Island are set to have their unemployment benefits expire on Sept. 4, as several COVID-19-related federal unemployment...
BROWN UNIVERSITY is reinstituting an indoor mask requirement and increased testing on campus in advance of the 2021 fall semester. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown University again requiring indoor mask wearing, increased testing

PROVIDENCE – Masks and other increased measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 are returning to the Brown University campus. The Ivy League university announced...

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 154, with no new deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 154, with no new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said on Tuesday. Hospitalizations...

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 400 over the weekend with no...

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 400 from July 30 through Sunday, with no new deaths, the R.I. Department...

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 156, with 1 new death

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 156 on Thursday, with one new death, the R.I. Department of Health said...
BLOUNT FINE FOODS CORP. CEO and President Todd Blount speaks with an employee at the company's Fall River facility. PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Clam cakes and chowder? Pulling out stops to attract workers

With the COVID-19 pandemic upending Rhode Island’s job market, employers are desperate to fill positions, utilizing creative tactics to draw new employees. Due to high...

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 167 with no new deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 167 on Wednesday, with no new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said...

R.I. recommending universal mask wearing in schools

PROVIDENCE – With COVID-19 cases on the rise in Rhode Island, the state on Wednesday said it is recommending universal mask use within school...
THE R.I. DEPARTMENT of Health says there have been 65.8 new cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 Rhode Island residents in the previous seven days, which the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines as “substantial transmission.”

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 145; no new deaths reported

PROVIDENCE – New confirmed cases of COVID-19 jumped by 145 in Rhode Island, with no new deaths reported, the R.I. Department of Health said...

Governments, businesses race to reimpose mask mandates

Governments and businesses are scrambling to change course following new federal guidance calling for the return of mask wearing in virus hot spots amid a dramatic...
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