Tag: testing
MIKEL lands $71M Navy contract, plans to expand workforce
MIDDLETOWN – MIKEL Inc., an undersea warfare technology company, has been awarded a five-year, $71 million contract to support the sensors and sonar systems department at the...
Rite-Solutions lands $88.6 million, 3-year naval contract
MIDDLETOWN – Rite-Solutions Inc., an engineering and information technology company, was awarded its highest-ever naval contract Friday, an $88.6 million, three-year deal to support the...
Give business leaders a seat at the table on marijuana talks
Most business leaders are resigned to adult recreational use of marijuana becoming legal in the Ocean State, maybe as soon as next year.
Much less...
More money, less problems?
Is your company planning to seek another round of stimulus funding?
No: 67%
Yes: 17%
Unsure: 17%
Did your company receive stimulus funding of any kind in 2020?
Yes:...
Employers have role in testing
Most local employers have already greatly contributed to controlling the spread of COVID-19 by following – and in many cases exceeding – state workplace...
R.I. looks to expand workplace tests
Rhode Island is trying to double the number of daily tests taken for COVID-19, in part by encouraging more employers to adopt surveillance testing.
Manufacturing...
State must reimburse colleges now
There was plenty of understandable handwringing across the state when local colleges began developing plans to welcome students back to campus in late summer.
How...
NO PANACEA: Employers told COVID-19 tests won’t ensure safety in workplace
Rhode Island is a COVID-19 testing leader.
At an average of nearly 3,000 tests a day, the state has among the highest rates of testing...
COVID-19 testing success outside workplace means little within it
Rhode Island’s consistent ranking among the highest rates of COVID-19 testing per capita in the country may prove to be a key factor in...
18 new COVID-19 deaths, 203 new cases in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health reported 18 COVID-19 deaths and 203 new cases on Saturday, while the number of people hospitalized with...

















