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PAWTUCKET MAYOR Donald R. Grebien announced that the city has launched an emergency small business loan program to help businesses impacted by COVID-19. / COURTESY CITY OF PAWTUCKET

Pawtucket launches emergency small-business loan program

PAWTUCKET – The city has created a new emergency loan program for small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayor Donald R. Grebien announced...
RHODE ISLAND municipalities will receive $15.2 million in federal grants as part of the federal package to combat the economic impacts of COVID-19. / AP FILE PHOTO/CAROLYN KASTER

R.I. municipalities to receive $15.2M as part of federal COVID-19 response

PROVIDENCE – As part of the massive federal economic-aid package recently signed into law, Rhode Island municipalities will receive $15.2 million to combat COVID-19,...

Alzheimer’s Association R.I. Chapter moves community programs online

PROVIDENCE – Programs offered by the Alzheimer’s Association Rhode Island Chapter are now being offered online in an effort to continue community education in...

R.I.’s evolving enforcement of quarantine orders now targets all visitors

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on Sunday said Rhode Island’s evolving policy on enforcing self-quarantine orders for all out-of-state visitors planning to stay...
THE CORONAVIRUS has continued to prompt the closure of business and nonprofits around the state. / NIAID-RML via AP

R.I. has first two deaths related to COVID-19; Raimondo issues stay-at-home...

PROVIDENCE - Health officials on Saturday reported the state's first two COVID-19-related deaths, and Gov. Gina M. Raimondo issued a stay-at-home order for all...
EAST PROVIDENCE has created two small-business loan programs to help small and micro-businesses hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic.

East Providence starts 2 emergency loan programs for small businesses impacted...

EAST PROVIDENCE – The city has jump-started its own emergency loan fund programs for the smallest of small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic,...
GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO said that Rhode Island has identified 165 cases of COVID-19 as of Thursday. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Raimondo doubles down on tracking New Yorkers

PROVIDENCE - Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on Friday doubled down on keeping track of New Yorkers coming into Rhode Island. In addition to authorizing the...
HOUSE SPEAKER Nancy Pelosi of Calif., accompanied by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., right, and other bipartisan legislators, signs the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act after it passed in the House on Capitol Hill, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Washington. The $2.2 trillion package will head to head to President Donald Trump for his signature. / AP FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARNIK

House passes $2.2T rescue package, rushes it to Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) – Acting swiftly in an extraordinary time, the House rushed President Donald Trump a $2.2 trillion rescue package Friday, tossing a life...
GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO on Friday praised the continued cooperation of Rhode Island residents in efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. / COURTESY OF GOVERNOR'S OFFICE

Identified COVID-19 cases in R.I. rise to 203

PROVIDENCE – The number of identified COVID-19 cases in Rhode Island has reached 203, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo said Friday afternoon, an increase of...
SPECIAL DELIVERY: Perella’s Ristorante chef-owner Lou Perella not only cooks the food but is now delivering it, here to CJ Audet-Kelly. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

How much has your job or business changed in response to...

Tens of thousands of Rhode Islanders have been suddenly forced out of the workforce, due largely to government restrictions on businesses and the size...
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