Tag: Covid-19
Five Questions With: Chris Cinieri
Chris Cinieri is a project manager with Polaris MEP. He spoke with Providence Business News about the complications in supply-chain demand due to COVID-19,...
Get Started Rhode Island pitch contest goes virtual for first time
PROVIDENCE – Cox Business is holding its eighth annual Get Started Rhode Island pitch competition online this year due to the novel coronavirus.
This is...
Tech Collective virtual town hall to focus on COVID-19 testing
PROVIDENCE – Dr. Angela Caliendo and Dr. Jake Kurtis, leaders of the Rhode Island COVID-19 Testing and Validation Task Force, will speak about testing...
Polaris MEP, RIMA seek feedback on Manufacturing Workplace Readiness Playbook
PROVIDENCE – Last month Polaris MEP and the Rhode Island Manufacturing Association created a free, downloadable, interactive guide to help manufacturers stay safe and...
Report: R.I. Q1 GDP projected to have contracted at 4.3% annualized...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s gross domestic product was estimated to have contracted at a 4.3% annualized rate, according to a report from the Rhode...
COVID-19 impacts on nursing homes highlighted; 12 more R.I. deaths
PROVIDENCE – While the percentage of people in Rhode Island testing positive for COVID-19 is on the decline as the pandemic now enters its...
COVID-19 unemployment claims rise by 517
PROVIDENCE – COVID-19-related unemployment insurance filings increased by 517 on Monday, to 164,955, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training.
Pandemic unemployment-assistance filings...
Five Questions With: Sandra Parrillo
Sandra Parrillo is CEO and president of The Providence Mutual Fire Co., and was recently elected to The Washington Trust Co. board of directors....
Providence reschedules tax sale for August
PROVIDENCE – The city’s annual tax sale, originally scheduled for May 14, has been moved to Aug. 26, according to the mayor’s office.
The delay...
A guide to Phase II of reopening
PROVIDENCE – Phase II of Rhode Island’s COVID-19 reopening strategy began Monday. The phase reduces restrictions due to the virus, including the reopening of...
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