Tag: Covid-19
Weekly filings continue to climb for COVID-19 unemployment insurance and PUA
PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment-assistance filings totaled 4,027 last week, an increase from 3,807 one week prior, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and...
Five Questions With: Matt Cullina
Identity protection, identity-theft recovery and breach-services company CyberScout has staff members in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Matt Cullina, executive vice president of strategic partnerships...
R.I.’s IT system nets ‘Most Improved’ honors from Center for Digital...
PROVIDENCE – The Center for Digital Government has given Rhode Island a Most Improved award in its 2020 Digital States Survey for the progress...
We Make RI launches industrial sewing classes to help train displaced...
CRANSTON – Working in conjunction with the Back to Work RI initiative, manufacturing and training organization We Make RI has launched industrial sewing classes.
The...
Warwick’s CME Corp. announces new partnership to deliver medical supplies faster
WARWICK – As COVID-19 cases continue to surge, two major players in the health care industry are joining forces to deliver medical equipment faster.
Warwick-based...
U.S. panel to decide who should get the first COVID-19 shots
NEW YORK (AP) – An influential government advisory panel convened on Tuesday to answer one of the most pressing questions in the United States...
COVID-19 cases in R.I. rise by 1,043, state continues to exceed...
PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 1,043 on Monday, with seven more deaths, according to the R.I. Department of Health...
Dining Out: A time of gratitude for the guests
In other times, this space might be holding forth about authentic pizza or barbecue. This time of the year, the Feast of the Seven...
Magaziner advocates for upping state bonding in final FY 21 budget
PROVIDENCE – As state lawmakers continue to weigh a not-yet-finalized fiscal 2021 spending plan, R.I. Treasurer Seth Magaziner is touting the state’s borrowing capacity...
Mechanics Cooperative Bank awards $100K in grants to local small bizs
TAUNTON – Mechanics Cooperative Bank recently awarded $100,000 in grants to several small businesses hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a news release.
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