Tag: Coronavirus
The road ahead for manufacturers
Manufacturers of every size and across every industry, here in Rhode Island and elsewhere, are weathering unforeseen economic forces rising from the coronavirus pandemic....
Dining Out: A few restaurant myths need dispelling
The expression “old wives’ tale” is almost as politically incorrect these days as – well, what expression isn’t these days? Nonetheless, they are as...
Avoiding HR pitfalls during COVID-19
As Rhode Island business leaders balance the desire to safely return to the workplace with efforts to keep the organization running smoothly, a resurgence...
OMB: Two-thirds of eligible restaurants, bars have not applied for state...
PROVIDENCE – Just over a third of restaurants and bars eligible for grants intended to offset losses by state-imposed early closures have applied, according...
R.I. KIDS COUNT: Pandemic worsens child food insecurity rate in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island KIDS COUNT released Thursday its latest report on child hunger and nutrition in the Ocean State that found food insecurity...
Raimondo estimates R.I. will receive 29K doses of COVID-19 vaccines this...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is on track to receive 29,000 doses of two different COVID-19 vaccines by the end of the year, Gov. Gina...
R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 1.3K, with 9 more deaths
PROVIDENCE – While the majority of the state is following the two-week “pause” to slow the spread of COVID-19, the governor said she does...
U.S. virus deaths top 3,100 in a single day for the...
The United States recorded over 3,100 COVID-19 deaths in a single day, obliterating the record set last spring, while the number of Americans hospitalized...
COVID-19 cases rise by 1,032, with 11 more deaths
PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 1,032 on Tuesday, with 11 more deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Wednesday.
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U.S. panel to decide who should get the first COVID-19 shots
NEW YORK (AP) – An influential government advisory panel convened on Tuesday to answer one of the most pressing questions in the United States...


















