Tag: Covid-19
Cox Communications donates 700 face masks to 4 youth organizations
WEST WARWICK – Cox Communications has donated 700 face masks to four nonprofit organizations that serve Rhode Island children.
Recipients include the Boys & Girls...
Bill filed to halt evictions; Ruggerio says a crisis was looming...
PROVIDENCE - Sen. William J. Conley Jr., D-East Providence, and Rep. Grace Diaz, D-Providence, filed legislation that would implement a moratorium on evictions and...
R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 60, with 4 more deaths
PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 60, with four more deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said on Tuesday.
Cases in...
R.I. weekly PUA filings rise by record 23.3K
PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment assistance filings in Rhode Island increased by 23,322 last week, the largest weekly total in the program’s short history, according...
Five Questions With: Mary E. Noons
Mary E. Noons is executive vice president and chief retail lending officer for The Washington Trust Co. She has more than 25 years of...
Raimondo introduces COVID-19 school support center
PROVIDENCE – Less than a month before Rhode Island’s schools will reopen, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo announced on Monday the launch of an Education Operations Center as...
Five Questions With: Dr. Michael Bradley
Dr. Michael Bradley, the CEO and president of Ortho Rhode Island, discusses the practice’s new 66,000-square-foot facility at 300 Crossings Blvd. in Warwick, where...
COVID-19 cases in R.I. rise by 130; state sets new testing...
PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 130 on Thursday, with two new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said...
Should state aid to Rhode Island’s three public colleges be increased...
All three of Rhode Island’s state colleges are expecting enrollment declines for the upcoming fall semester, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The Community College...
Blue Cross expands Medicare Advantage benefits in response to COVID-19 crisis
PROVIDENCE – Beginning on Monday, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is temporarily expanding benefits for its Medicare Advantage members through the...


















