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Coronavirus 04/17/2020

There is no shortage of information sources today but sorting through the crush of news and commentary for what matters most to local communities...

South Coast entrepreneurs want to start businesses despite COVID-19

Entrepreneurship 04/17/2020

NEW BEDFORD – Entrepreneurship for All applicants still plan to participate in EforAll South Coast’s Business Accelerator Program when it starts on June 2,...

Polar Park may not open on time if construction shutdown lasts...

Coronavirus 04/17/2020

WORCESTER, Mass. – If the forced shutdown of construction on the $132 million Polar Park baseball stadium here lasts until June, it likely won’t...

T.F. GREEN AIRPORT, shown earlier this year, will receive $21.7 million in federal funds to help replenish revenue losses from the COVID-19 pandemic. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Rhode Island airports receive $24M in federal stimulus funding

Coronavirus 04/16/2020

WARWICK – T.F. Green Airport will receive $21.7 million in federal funds to help replenish lost revenue for operations, as well as capital projects,...

JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY will receive $14.1 million in federal aid from the CARES Act to help with costs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. / PBN FILE PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

Local colleges to collectively receive $75.8M from CARES Act

Education 04/16/2020

PROVIDENCE – Local colleges in Rhode Island and Bristol County, Mass., will be receiving much-needed federal aid from the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief and Economic...

MARK HAYWARD, director of the Rhode Island district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration, was one of six panelists who participated in PBN's summit on coronvirus stimulus programs on Thursday.

PBN Summit: Experts grapple with uncertainty in coronavirus relief programs

Coronavirus 04/16/2020

How to get federal financial aid, how to spend the money properly and how to mop up after the money is gone or the...

Cases of COVID-19 in the state reached 3,838 as of Wednesday. Above, the R.I. Department of Health's COVID-19 Response Data dashboard. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Raimondo: R.I.’s COVID-19 death toll could be between 2,100 and 4,000

Coronavirus 04/16/2020

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on Thursday revealed for the first time details of the model being followed by Rhode Island to gauge...

COVID-19 unemployment filings approach 125K in R.I.

Coronavirus 04/16/2020

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's unemployment insurance claims due to the COVID-19 pandemic increased by 2,717 Wednesday to total 124,796, the R.I Department of Labor...

MARK HAYWARD, director of the SBA's Rhode Island district office, said that his office had processed roughly $1.3 billion in Paycheck Protection Program loans for Rhode Island businesses as of Thursday morning. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

SBA processes $1.3B for R.I. small businesses as PPP program nears...

Coronavirus 04/16/2020

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration has processed more than 8,700 Paycheck Protection Program loans for roughly...