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THE R.I. STATE POLICE will be one of 12 police departments across the state to benefit from a $1.5 million U.S. Department of Justice grant for body-worn cameras.

R.I. man who faked death found in Scotland with COVID

Coronavirus 01/14/2022

PROVIDENCE (AP) – A Rhode Island man who is believed to have faked his death and fled the U.S. to evade prosecution in Utah...

Supreme Court halts COVID-19 vaccine rule for U.S. businesses, allows mandate...

Coronavirus 01/13/2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has stopped a major push by the Biden administration to boost the nation's COVID-19 vaccination rate, a requirement...

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 4,844, with 12 new deaths

Coronavirus 01/13/2022

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 4,844, with 12 new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Thursday. Hospitalizations of...

Biden sending military personnel to R.I., other states, to combat COVID...

Coronavirus 01/13/2022

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is highlighting the federal government's efforts to “surge” military medical personnel to help overwhelmed medical facilities weather the...

PROVIDENCE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT John J. Igliozzi has called for an emergency meeting on Friday to consider a proposal that would stop the firings of city workers who have not complied with the city vaccination requirement. / COURTESY CITY OF PROVIDENCE

Providence council seeks to block mass police firings ahead of vaccine...

Coronavirus 01/12/2022

PROVIDENCE – The looming deadline for Providence workers to get vaccinated has become the latest source of sparring between city lawmakers, who disagree over...

STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS in Rhode Island spend the third least on health care of of any U.S. state on a per capita basis, according to a newly released study by Self Financial Inc., a financial technology company. / COURTESY SELF FINANCIAL INC.

Report: Rhode Island ranks 47th for local, state health care spending

Uncategorized 01/12/2022

Rhode Island’s state and local governments spend the third least on health care of any U.S. state on a per capita basis, according to...

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 4,522, with 7 new deaths

Health Services 01/12/2022

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 4,522, with seven new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Wednesday. Hospitalizations of COVID-19...

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 4,287, with 8 new deaths

Health Services 01/11/2022

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 4,287, with eight new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Tuesday. Hospitalizations of...

Health officials let COVID-infected staff stay on the job

Coronavirus 01/11/2022

Health authorities around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of allowing nurses and other workers infected with the coronavirus to stay on...