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PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE filings totaled 7,532 last week. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND TRAINING

R.I. weekly PUA filings dip to 7.5K

PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment-assistance filings in Rhode Island increased by 7,532 last week, to 303,435, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training. PUA...
CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 326 from Oct. 2 through Sunday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 326 over the weekend

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in the state increased by 326 over the weekend, the R.I. Department of Health said Monday. Cases in the state...

Survey: Business economists see coronavirus resurgence as biggest risk

WASHINGTON (AP) – The United States economy faces risks from a potential resurgence of the coronavirus and from the failure so far of Congress...

Five Questions With: Dr. Samuel H. Eaton

Dr. Samuel H. Eaton, a urologist, has joined Brown Urology at the practice’s new location across from Newport Hospital. He discusses what it’s like...

R.I. flu vaccination campaign kicks off

PROVIDENCE – As flu season begins amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Rhode Island health officials say they are aiming for a 90% flu vaccination rate...
CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 133 on Thursday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 133, with 1 more death

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 133 on Thursday, the R.I. Department of Health said Friday. Cases have totaled 25,076 to...

Trump says he and first lady tested positive for coronavirus

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump said early Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, a stunning...
GIVE HIM SPACE: Student Logan Armstrong works while sitting inside a painted circle on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, on the first day of fall classes in late August. The circles were intended to remind students to maintain their social distance. / THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH VIA AP FILE/JOSHUA A. BICKEL

Amid outbreaks, colleges fight to salvage semester

MADISON, Wis. – Colleges across the country are struggling to salvage the fall semester amid skyrocketing coronavirus cases, entire dorm complexes and frat houses...
Gregory W. Bowman / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Five Questions With: Gregory W. Bowman

Gregory W. Bowman | Dean, Roger Williams University School of Law 1. What is the mission of the law school and how may that...
BIRD IN THE HAND? ONE Neighborhood Builders has proposed a mixed-use project in the I-195 Redevelopment District that would include apartments and a child care center. / COURTESY I-195 REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMISSION

I-195 commission must follow the market on district build-out

If you build more housing and retail amenities in the I-195 Redevelopment District, will the employers come? Before COVID-19, it was increasingly a question being...
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