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R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 1,521 over weekend, with 9 more...

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 1,521 from Nov. 6 through Sunday, with nine more deaths, according to the R.I....
EXPECT A "painfully slow" recovery to the economy in Rhode Island, wrote Leonard Lardaro, an economist at the University of Rhode Island in the state's monthly Current Conditions Index report for September. / PBN FILE PHOTO MICHAEL SKORSKI

Lardaro: Expect a ‘painfully slow’ economic recovery in Rhode Island

PROVIDENCE – Expect a "painfully slow" recovery to the economy in Rhode Island, wrote Leonard Lardaro, an economist at the University of Rhode Island...
CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 630 on Thursday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase to new daily high of 630, with...

PROVIDENCE – The number of new COVID-19 cases in Rhode Island increased by 630 on Thursday, with two more deaths, the R.I. Department of...
CRUCIAL CREATION: Dr. Pablo Rodriguez, medical director of community relations at Care New England Health System, says forming an independent committee to plan the state’s vaccine distribution will build trust in the process. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Slow-spending R.I. has two months to disperse $900M in CARES Act...

Rhode Island officials rejoiced when they learned in March that the state would get a $1.25 billion slice of the federal coronavirus relief package....
HOLDING ON: Joseph A. Mansour Jr. is the president of Marcovich, Mansour & Capobianco LLC in Lincoln, an accounting firm that represents about 400 businesses that received Paycheck Protection Program loans. Mansour said he’s advising those clients to keep some of that money, if possible, in case they have to pay taxes on the funds in April 2021. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Tax questions over PPP loans remain unresolved

Accountants who helped shepherd businesses through the process of obtaining federal Paycheck Protection Program loans this year are now cautioning them to not assume...
Kathie Mahoney in September was named center director of the Polaris Manufacturing Extension Partnership, a nonprofit under the auspices of the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation. She previously served in 
a similar role for MassMEP. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Get ready for what’s next

Kathie Mahoney | Polaris MEP center director During the pandemic, the manufacturing community has proven again that it is a key resource for driving growth...
Jessica Norris Granatiero

To Savor: A different Thanksgiving

Taking a momentary respite from work, sitting at my home-office desk, eyes closed, memories of Thanksgiving flood my mind. I take some deep breaths,...
Dr. Pamela High

Threat to child care sector is far-reaching

We are facing a child care crisis in the U.S. and in Rhode Island that is poised to exacerbate the health care and economic...

PBN Health Care Summit panel: Continued telehealth coverage a must

While telehealth has been critical for providers to check in on many of their patients during the pandemic, Marie L. Ganim, R.I. health insurance...
TALKING IT THROUGH: Panelists in the second half of the PBN Health Care Summit on Oct. 29 discuss the implications of returning to workplaces amid a rise in COVID-19 cases. The virtual panel included, clockwise from top left, Dr. Claire Levesque, from Tufts Health Plan; Peter Marino, from Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island; moderator Michael Mello, PBN editor; Dr. Matt Collins, from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island; and Siobhain Sullivan, from Rhode Island Medical Imaging Inc.

Are you ready to return to workplace? Not so fast

Rhode Island businesses yearning to get back to a pre-COVID-19 normal should not get their hopes up yet, particularly in light of a recent...
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