Tag: Covid-19
R.I. nursing homes need help in daily fight for survival
COVID-19’s economic effects will last well beyond the widespread availability of vaccines for many Rhode Island businesses, with nursing homes at the top of...
‘Public health councils’ empower workers
In this bleak season of COVID-19, the protections we have are all the familiar ones: masks, social distancing and the avoidance of large indoor...
R.I. Food Bank’s hunger report: Hunger insecurity in state reaches record...
PROVIDENCE – About 1 in 4 households in Rhode Island lack adequate food, while underlying medical conditions that increase the risk of severe illness...
BankNewport moves BNWise financial education program to virtual platform
NEWPORT – BankNewport has moved its BNWise financial education program to a virtual platform due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the bank announced Nov. 23.
The...
Reed announces $1.8M in housing voucher awards for Rhode Islanders
PROVIDENCE – U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., has announced $1.8 million in federal rental assistance for Rhode Island through the Housing Choice Voucher program.
The...
Raimondo announces additional $100M for R.I. businesses, families
PROVIDENCE – Ahead of the state’s two week pause period, where many businesses will be shut down to help slow the spread of COVID-19, Gov. Gina...
As hospitals fill COVID-19-designated beds, governor pleads with R.I. to take...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s hospitals cannot sustain the “alarming rate” of COVID-19 patients, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo said Wednesday during her weekly coronavirus briefing.
Raimondo...
R.I. nonprofits receive $185K from Tufts Health Plan Foundation for COVID-19...
PROVIDENCE – Fourteen Rhode Island-based nonprofits were the beneficiaries of $185,000 in combined grants they received from the Tufts Health Plan Foundation to help...
Enrollment for United Way’s Good Neighbor Energy Fund now open
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island households facing financial challenges and needing heating assistance can now apply for the 2020-21 United Way of Rhode Island Good...
Weekly filings rise for COVID-19 unemployment insurance and PUA
PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment-assistance filings totaled 4,214 last week, an increase from 3,807 one week prior, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and...
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