Tag: Covid-19
Weekly PUA filings up 17%, top 182K
PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment assistance filings increased by 15,178 last week, to 182,275, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training. The weekly...
New website details plans, scenarios for reopening Providence schools
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Public School District has launched a website to provide families, students and the community with crucial information about the reopening...
Five Questions With: Steven M. Parente
Steven M. Parente is executive vice president and director of retail banking for Bank Rhode Island. He joined the bank in 2009, after seven...
Fidelity: Retirement savings balances see Q2 growth despite economic downturn
PROVIDENCE – Despite the economic downturn ushered in by the new coronavirus, workers continued to grow their retirement savings accounts in the second quarter,...
Webster Bank donates $25,000 to American Red Cross
PROVIDENCE – Webster Bank recently announced a $25,000 donation to the American Red Cross to support disaster recovery efforts from Tropical Storm Isaias.
The disaster...
Washington Trust marks 220th anniversary
WESTERLY – The Washington Trust Co. will celebrate its 220th anniversary on Aug. 22, making it the oldest community bank in the country, according...
R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 214 over the weekend, with two...
PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 214 from Aug. 14 through Sunday, with two more deaths, according to the R.I....
‘R.I. Reconnect’ unveils links to job training, degree programs
PROVIDENCE – Even before the new coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S. this year, only 47% of Rhode Islanders had earned some type of degree...
Lardaro: R.I.’s economy is ‘largely out of our hands’
PROVIDENCE – University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro says the state's economic health depends less on what it does than on how well...
Five Questions With: Dr. Jamie B. Patterson
Dr. Jamie B. Patterson, medical director of the Breast Health Center at Kent County Memorial Hospital, discusses the center’s 10-year anniversary, upcoming plans for...
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