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BUSY SESSION: From left, House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello, Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio and Gov. Gina M. Raimondo must work together to tackle a host of issues in the upcoming legislative session, including a structural budget deficit, the state lottery contract, the minimum wage and marijuana legalization and regulation. / PBN PHOTO AND FILE PHOTOS/MICHAEL SALERNO

How should legislative leaders prioritize state spending for fiscal 2021, given...

Coronavirus 04/24/2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the state economy, shutting down or limiting the operations of thousands of businesses and forcing...

GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO says it's too early to tell whether the two-day decline in the number of new COVID-19 cases is a lasting trend. / COURTESY R.I. CAPITOL TV

13 new deaths in R.I., but Raimondo says ‘much gentler’ slope...

Coronavirus 04/19/2020

PROVIDENCE – State health officials on Sunday reported 13 new deaths related to COVID-19 and 230 more positive cases – the second day in...

PROGRAM PARKED: Brian Palmer is the director of training for the Teamsters Local 251 Driving School, which offers commercial driver’s license certification training through a partnership with Real Jobs RI. The program has been temporarily shuttered due to the COVID-19 pandemic. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Shutdown of R.I. training programs could have lingering effect

Coronavirus 04/17/2020

You can’t learn to drive a tractor-trailer over Zoom. Which is why the Teamsters Local 251 Driving School, which offers commercial driver’s license certification training...

GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO has joined Democratic governors from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Connecticut to develop coordinated plans to restart their state economies after the COVID-19 pandemic. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I., Goldman Sachs announce $10M in paycheck relief loans to small...

Economic Activity 04/13/2020

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island small businesses and nonprofits struggling to submit applications for a federal payroll relief program have a new, dedicated lender and...

GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO and her husband, Andy Moffit, released a prerecorded address on Easter Sunday that took the place of her daily coronavirus briefing. / COURTESY CAPITAL TV

COVID-19 cases in R.I. climb to 2,665; forecast forces closure of...

Coronavirus 04/12/2020

PROVIDENCE – The number of new COVID-19 cases in Rhode Island increased by 316 on Sunday, and there were seven more coronavirus-related deaths, according...

RHODE ISLAND health officials announced an additional 91 COVID-19 cases on Thursday, and two deaths from the virus. / COURTESY CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 334, with seven new deaths

Coronavirus 04/11/2020

PROVIDENCE - The number of new COVID-19 cases in Rhode Island increased by 334 on Saturday, with seven more deaths, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo...

FREE SANITIZER: Liam Maloney, tasting room manager at The Industrious Spirit Co. in Providence, stands at the company’s “drive-up” window, where it is offering people free bottles of hand sanitizer that it makes using the byproduct of its vodka manufacturing. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Many local factories transform to meet needs of pandemic fight

Business Services 04/10/2020

Matouk Luxury Linens is known for exquisite bedding, an elegant product aimed at Americans who shop in department stores for towels, sheets and pillowcases. That...