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CASES OF COVID-19 increased by 203 day to day in Rhode Island to total 12,219 on Thursday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Raimondo outlines reopening metrics

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on Friday said that four different metrics will be used to measure how the coronavirus pandemic is spreading...
ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY is working on protocols in order to return to campus life next fall. / COURTESY ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY

Should Rhode Island colleges be allowed to make their own decisions...

A handful of local colleges recently announced evolving plans to reopen their campuses to students in the fall, with online learning still among the...

Hospital workers getting own brand of aid

Music performed by the group Healing Through ­Harmony, made up of students from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, plays softly in...
 Nellie M. Gorbea / PBN FILE PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Five Questions With: Nellie Gorbea, R.I. secretary of state

5Q: Nellie M. Gorbea  | R.I. secretary of state 1. You expressed concern with the effect of a delayed primary on the remainder of...

Eased funeral restriction a little comfort

After nearly two months of restrictions on the size of public gatherings, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has relented somewhat for one type of gathering:...
TECH IN USE: John Jarrell, left, president of Materials Science Associates, and Dr. Christopher Born, director of orthopedic trauma at Rhode Island Hospital, work to apply a patented anti-microbial technology in a surgical procedure to reduce infection of medical implants. ­Jarrell has increased his company’s investment in patent filings and other intellectual property activity to respond to ­COVID-19. / COURTESY MATERIALS SCIENCE ASSOCIATES LLC

Pandemic disrupts IP filings, licensing

Innovation is at the heart of John Jarrell’s entrepreneurial success. Over the last two decades, the Brown University graduate with degrees in engineering and medical...
CREDITABLE REFUSAL: Gregory Tumolo, an employment law attorney at Duffy & Sweeney Ltd. in Providence, says people who work for businesses considered nonessential can collect unemployment and refuse to come into work if they claim a lack of precautions in their workplace. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Legal issues raised over returning to work

Pama Brown lost her catering job of 13 years at Brown University right before the coronavirus crisis, and she’s been in no rush to...
CLOSED FOR NOW: Foxwoods Resort Casino, above, on the Mashantucket Pequot Indian Reservation in Ledyard, Conn., and Mohegan Sun Inc. in Uncasville, Conn., have been shut down during the coronavirus pandemic, leading to some of the biggest spikes in jobless numbers in Connectict. / AP FILE PHOTO/BOB CHILD

Closures of Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun sting rural eastern Conn.

NORWICH, Conn. – Unemployment in eastern Connecticut is soaring, despite relatively few cases of COVID-19 in the region, largely because the pandemic forced two...

State leaders must lead on budget

State leaders are never able to please everyone when making tough decisions on the state budget. But it’s an open question this year whether...
Neil D. Steinberg

It’s up to us to make R.I.’s ‘new normal’ a better...

In these extraordinary times there is evidence of hope and generosity all around, just as there is uncertainty and urgent, extreme need. We are...
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