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R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 776 over weekend, with 8 deaths

Coronavirus 03/08/2021

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 776 from March 5 through Sunday, with eight more deaths, the R.I. Department of...

McKee: ‘We’re going to get the job done’

Coronavirus 03/07/2021

PROVIDENCE - Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Sunday during his inauguration address urged Rhode Islanders to come together as a team to combat the...

CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 333 on Thursday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

COVID-19 cases in R.I. rise by 333, with 2 more deaths

Coronavirus 03/05/2021

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 increased by 333 on Thursday, with two more deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Friday. Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients...

Despite high infection rate, Providence vaccination rate low

Coronavirus 03/05/2021

PROVIDENCE (AP) – Providence has had among the highest coronavirus infection and hospitalization rates in Rhode Island throughout the coronavirus pandemic, yet it currently...

UPWARD TREND: George Charette, CEO and president of Pawtucket Credit Union, says the credit union is expecting its mortgage volume in 2021 to be higher than last year, when it booked a record $370 million in mortgage volume, as people took advantage of historically low interest rates. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Can mortgage industry match heights of 2020?

Coronavirus 03/05/2021

Rock-bottom interest rates have driven the volume of mortgage originations through the roof for financial institutions, but can that level of business continue in...

HANDS ON: Stephanie Robat, owner of FR Engineering Group Inc., prepares to examine a core sample brought up by a drill rig on a work site in Warwick. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Owning engineering firm part of her grand design

Business Services 03/05/2021

As far back as she can remember, Stephanie Robat wanted to be an engineer. Her father, Robert Fairbanks, owns Fairbanks Engineering Corp. in Exeter. She...

EXTRA BUSY: Laura Yalanis, a CPA and partner of the tax services group for Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co. Ltd., says the increasing complexity of tax laws, particularly in the wake of pandemic aid, has increased requests for help from tax filers. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Accountants fielding deluge of rescue calls

Coronavirus 03/05/2021

Accountants never really go out of style, but after a year of pandemic, they’re having a moment in the spotlight. Between federal tax law changes,...

Is priority vaccine list overcrowded?

Coronavirus 03/05/2021

Educators and child care employees are poised to become a COVID-19 vaccination priority for Rhode Island, which raises a question for everyone else in...

GOING UP? Thomas Tzitouris, director at Strategas Research Partners, forecasts that 30-year mortgage rates may hit 3.5% by the end of the year, which he said would end the wave of refinancing activity and slow home purchases in 2022.

Economist: ‘This is one of those key moment of the decade’

Coronavirus 03/05/2021

While many Americans see the COVID-19 vaccine as the barometer of their year, Thomas Tzitzouris is watching a very different event to determine how...