Tag: Pandemic
Mental health at the workplace: 5 strategies
COVID-19 has inflicted a serious mental health toll on many U.S. workers.
Those workers are better able to navigate mental health issues when their employers...
Dining Out: Building a special ‘village’
Operating a luxury resort means the ordinary isn’t enough.
The Ocean House on the scenic Rhode Island coastline in Westerly revealed a transformation of its...
COVID falling in 49 of 50 states as deaths near 900,000
New cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. are falling in at least 49 of 50 states as omicron rapidly loosens its grip, even as...
Ready to spend: R.I. cities, towns have differing ideas about how...
The historic Conimicut Shoal Lighthouse at the mouth of the Providence River is far from being the shining beacon it once was, but Warwick...
Online Realtor training helps fuel rush of students
A combination of a red-hot residential real estate market, the rising popularity of house-flipping reality shows, the “great resignation” and the convenience of Zoom-based...
Revenue windfall pushes states to consider range of tax cuts
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – Soaring tax revenue and billions in pandemic aid from the federal government have left many states with an unusual problem...
After huge pandemic losses, governments see rapid rebound
State and local governments lost at least $117 billion of expected revenue early in the pandemic, according to an Associated Press analysis, but many...
Was Gov. Daniel J. McKee right to commit all of the...
Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s proposed $12.8 billion fiscal 2023 budget commits all of the state’s roughly $1 billion in remaining American Rescue Plan Act...
Fed plans to raise rates as soon as March to cool...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday that it plans to begin raising its benchmark interest rate as soon as March, a key...
McKee issues executive order to aid staffing issues at R.I. nursing...
PROVIDENCE – Due to continued stresses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Daniel J. McKee issued an executive order on Friday that would provide...