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THERE WERE 70,136 individuals collecting some form of unemployment benefit in Rhode Island last week. / AP FILE PHOTO/PAUL SAKUMA

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-BASED CME Corp., the largest health care equipment distributor in the U.S., announced Tuesday two new contracts with HealthTrust Purchasing Group LP, a leading health care performance optimization and group purchasing organization with $45 billion in purchasing power. / COURTESY CME CORP.

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...
AN INFLUENTIAL scientific panel on is set to tackle one of the most pressing questions in the U.S. coronavirus epidemic: When the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine become available, who should be at the front of the line for shots? / AP FILE PHOTO/HANS PENNINK

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...
A FRESH TAKE: PB Bistro & Bar in East Greenwich is offering family-sized vegan and vegetarian dishes for the holidays. Patti Burton, far left, and Dan Hatch, far right, opened the plant-based eatery in the spring. With them are sous chef O’Laro Waite, second from the left, and executive chef Mike Fleury.  / COURTESY CAITLIN COSTA

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. The...
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