Tag: Covid-19
Finding workforce is labor intensive for local nonprofits
The COVID-19 pandemic’s cascading aftereffects have been complicated and hard to shake for Rhode Island’s nonprofits, which employ 67,000 Rhode Islanders. That number represents...
To aid nonprofits, new United Way of R.I. resource center needs...
Establishing a village to support Rhode Island’s nonprofit industry is going to take, well, a village.
That’s why the United Way of Rhode Island Inc....
High food costs still difficult to digest in R.I.
The past few years have been especially hard for Rhode Island residents facing food insecurity. Within the Ocean State, 1 in 3 households cannot...
Short-stay unit at Butler to ease burden at ERs
Normally, the auditorium at Butler Hospital in Providence is a gathering spot for conferences and panel discussions on behavioral health issues. But in early...
The next act of the Newport Opera House’s long-awaited restoration
For decades, the historic Opera House Theater has been the focus of grand visions of restoration. So far, those visions have been unrealized.
The brick...
R.I. COVID-19 cases increased by 545 last week, with 2 deaths
PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 545, with two deaths, from Oct. 15-21, the R.I. Department of Health said Thursday.
Typically, the...
R.I. COVID-19 cases increased by 518 last week, with 5 deaths
PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 518, with five deaths, from Oct. 8-14, the R.I. Department of Health said...
RICAS results show educational improvement, but more work needed
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Education on Wednesday released its latest Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System exam results, which show year-to-year improved student...
Branching out: In digital age, why are R.I. banks building more...
No one would blame Jack Murphy if he’s feeling a little under siege lately.
As CEO and president of BankNewport, Murphy considers Aquidneck Island his...
Her ability to ‘speak geek’ helped build a company
Ruth DiGiovanni knows talking about her company, which develops and installs cloud-based phone systems, isn’t the most exciting conversation starter.
“ ‘Here I am with...
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