Tag: Covid-19
State announces $20M for new hotel, tourism and arts relief program
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo announced Thursday a new $20 million relief program to aid the hotel, arts and tourism industries, now known...
R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 351, with 3 more deaths
PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 351, with three more deaths, on Wednesday, the R.I. Department of Health said Thursday.
Cases...
PBN Summit: CNE, Lifespan move toward definitive agreement, merger filing
PROVIDENCE – Dr. James E. Fanale, CEO and president of Care New England Health System, said Thursday that the merger between CNE and Lifespan...
Five Questions With: John Marcantonio
John Marcantonio is CEO of the Rhode Island Builders Association, a trade association that represents the interests of member businesses such as home builders...
Fatal overdoses in Rhode Island projected to hit record high this...
PROVIDENCE – Over the first seven months of 2020, there has been a sharp increase in accidental drug overdose deaths in Rhode Island, according...
Challenges for nonprofits reach unimagined heights
It’s times like these that Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island President Kathleen Cloutier feels as though all the nonprofits in Rhode Island are...
Social-service organizations finding ways to stay essential, even in hard times
Providing essential services to those with disabilities can be challenging in the best of times.
But as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted life for many people,...
R.I. Community Food Bank has a full plate in combating COVID-19...
While the Rhode Island Community Food Bank’s work is critical year after year to people in need, that work has reached a new level...
5Q: Neil D. Steinberg | CEO and president, Rhode Island Foundation
Neil D. Steinberg | CEO and president, Rhode Island Foundation
1. Will nonprofits’ need for funds increase more in 2021? Many nonprofits have received funding...
Finding opportunity in a crisis
Coming into 2020, Rhode Island’s manufacturing industry was doing well, with many companies experiencing banner years. Hiring was active, so much so that the...
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