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CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased 189 on Wednesday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Raimondo outlines summer camp reopening plans; COVID-19 cases rise by 189

Coronavirus 05/21/2020

PROVIDENCE – Details on how summer and sports camps for children will look like in Rhode Island come the end of June were shared...

THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC and related closures pushed the state unemployment rate to 17% in April. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND TRAINING

Pandemic sends R.I. unemployment rate skyrocketing to 17% in April

Coronavirus 05/21/2020

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island unemployment rate increased to 17% in April, 3.7 percentage points higher than the national average, the R.I. Department of...

ROUGHLY 2.4 million people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week. / AP FILE PHOTO/PAUL SANCYA

Nearly 39 million have sought U.S. jobless aid since virus hit

Coronavirus 05/21/2020

WASHINGTON (AP) – More than 2.4 million people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week in the latest wave of layoffs from the viral...

REPORTED CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island have increased by 209. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Raimondo OKs limited opening of places of worship; COVID-19 cases rise...

Coronavirus 05/20/2020

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for houses of worship to open on May 30 but said they will be limited to a maximum...

PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE filings in Rhode Island rose by 1,542 on Tuesday. / AP FILE PHOTO/ERIC GAY

Pandemic-related unemployment claims still climbing in R.I.

Coronavirus 05/20/2020

PROVIDENCE – COVID-19-specific unemployment insurance claims in Rhode Island rose 471 on Tuesday, to 160,120, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training said. Pandemic unemployment...

NEARLY HALF of respondents in a recent PBN survey said they are either already returned to work, or ready to do so within the month.

PBN survey: Many back to work or ready, but worries remain

Coronavirus 05/20/2020

PROVIDENCE – A PBN survey of readers this month found that many are already comfortable being back to work or are ready, but it...

Industrious Spirit, Frog & Toad gift shop team up to produce...

Manufacturing 05/19/2020

PROVIDENCE – The Industrious Spirit Co. LLC, a manufacturer of gin, bourbon and vodka, has been producing hand sanitizer in its distillery to help...

Cox Communications charitable group donates $25K to R.I. Food Bank

Technology 05/19/2020

WEST WARWICK – The charitable arm of the parent company of Cox Communications and Cox Automotive, the James M. Cox Foundation, has donated $25,000...

The Current Conditions Index in Rhode Island for March 2020

Lardaro: R.I. economy may not recover for another two to five...

Coronavirus 05/19/2020

PROVIDENCE – University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro does not expect the state’s economy to return to where it was before the COVID-19...