Tag: Covid-19
Goldman Sachs survey: Small businesses lack funding to operate in the...
PROVIDENCE – Half of U.S. small-business owners don’t have enough money to operate for more than three months in the current economic climate caused...
Southcoast Health opens drive-thru COVID-19 testing site
DARTMOUTH – Southcoast Health System Inc. has opened one of the first drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites in Bristol County, Mass., The Herald News reported...
Federal, state governments move quickly to stabilize housing through COVID-19 crisis
PROVIDENCE – Even before the historic $2 trillion stimulus package was announced by federal lawmakers Wednesday, many Rhode Island families and businesses who have...
Block Island residents face stay-at-home order
NEW SHOREHAM – People living on Block Island would be ordered to stay at home for 14 days to help limit the spread of...
R.I. coronavirus cases reach 165; Raimondo orders visitors from N.Y. to...
PROVIDENCE – The number of positive COVID-19 cases in Rhode Island increased by 33 Thursday, bringing the state total to 165, according to Gov....
State leaders approve up to $300M in borrowing related to COVID-19
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island state leaders have authorized the borrowing of up to $300 million through a line of credit with a commercial bank...
Rhode Island Hospital plans to open coronavirus screening tent at ER...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital plans to open a tent outside its emergency room entrance to screen patients for respiratory symptoms, Lifespan Corp., the...
R.I. unemployment increases to 53,971 due to COVID-19
PROVIDENCE – Unemployment claims rose again in Rhode Island on Wednesday but by a smaller number than in previous days this week. The total...
Gov. Baker extends Mass. school closures through end of April
BOSTON (AP) – Gov. Charlie Baker is ordering schools and nonemergency child care programs in Massachusetts to remain closed through the end of April...
R.I. unemployment rises to 3.7%; Feb. numbers prior to most COVID-19...
PROVIDENCE - The unemployment rate in Rhode Island was 3.7% in February, a 0.3 percentage point increase year over year.
The figures predate much of...
















