Saturday, September 5, 2026

TOPICS

Home Tags Pandemic

Tag: Pandemic

COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND/
RYAN PICKERING

‘I felt like I owed my state’

Studying for a career in nursing during the COVID-19 pandemic at the New England Institute of Technology created a lot of uncertainty for Ranishia...

Rhode to Work open in R.I.

Where there is need, there is opportunity. For job seekers, that’s especially true in a host of local industries spotlighted in PBN’s inaugural Rhode to...

Child poverty in the U.S. jumped and income declined in 2022...

Child poverty in the United States more than doubled and median household income declined last year when coronavirus pandemic-era government benefits expired and inflation...
STAYING PUT: Joseph J. Trunzo, professor of psychology and assistant director for the School of Health and Behavioral Sciences at Bryant University, says having Rhode Island join PSYPACT will help keep psychologists from leaving the state.
PBN PHOTO/­PAMELA BHATIA

R.I. part of interstate pact key to mental telehealth

Providing mental health care to patients out of state has been a conundrum facing Rhode Island practitioners for as many years as there have...

Report: 7,000 R.I. residents removed from Medicaid since April

PROVIDENCE – So far, 7,000 Rhode Island residents have been removed from Medicaid since April 1, when the state began a renewal process that...
ON GUARD: Becky and Tim Clark, owners of The Beachead restaurant on Block Island, say business hasn’t been quite as robust so far this summer. 
PBN PHOTO/ K. CURTIS

R.I. tourism stays local: Regional campaigns lead the way this summer

Just days before the start of the high season in Newport in early July, local tourism officials gathered to talk status and strategy. At the...

Connect with R.I. Commerce

Business owners have often grumbled about a lack of accessibility of state economic-development leaders. Rhode Island, however, is certainly not so small as to...
Margaret Hartigan co-founded Providence-based Marstone Inc. in 2013. She previously worked as a financial adviser at Merrill Lynch and as a startup entrepreneur.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Strive for inclusivity

Margaret J. Hartigan Marstone Inc. co-founder and CEO It is often said that necessity is the mother of all invention. The innovation born out...
ANXIOUS TIMES: Office vacancy rates in downtown Providence have been stable in recent months but are expected to rise this year amid ­national pressures created by rising borrowing costs and declining demand. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Pandemic fallout taking toll on commercial real estate

The COVID-19 pandemic has ended but the economic fallout is ongoing in some sectors of the economy, including commercial real estate. Owners and lenders invested...

The Great Grift: More than $200B in COVID-19 aid may have...

WASHINGTON (AP) – More than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives, according to new estimates from a federal...
- Featured Event -

Latest News