→ See more of our coronavirus coverage, including community resources and personal stories. The pandemic has devastated budgets in states across America, and Rhode Island is no exception. The size of the current and next-year deficits will come into sharper focus Friday with the conclusion of the twice-year Revenue and Estimating Conference. For now, a Boston […]
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Governor releases models showing rate of coronavirus hospitalizations flattening; urges residents to continue distancing
Rhode Island reports 17 more deaths, 327 new cases of coronavirus, but governor says models show the rate of hospitalizations flattening.
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Fish plant workers rally from their cars, call for better workplace safety standards amid COVID-19
Immigrant workers in New Bedford, including those in the city’s lucrative fish processing industry, protested in their cars on Friday urging companies to implement more worker safety protections amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Major RI summer events are cancelled
Concerts, parades and festivals will not be permitted, creating a big hole in the state’s multi-billion dollar tourism industry.
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Raimondo wants to slowly begin reopening RI economy May 9th
Governor Gina Raimondo is releasing more details on the steps the state will take to gradually reopen its economy, which she says will happen in three separate stages.
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Nursing home workers on the front lines of the coronavirus demand “hazard pay”
Bannister Center workers say the nursing home has denied them hazard pay because none of their residents tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Fish plant workers demand safer working conditions amid COVID-19 pandemic
Seafood processing workers across the Southcoast are raising concerns about unsafe working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Coronavirus cases top 1,000 in RI, as testing expands
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Rhode Island climbed past 1,000 on Monday, as Gov. Gina Raimondo called citizens’ willingness to maintain social distancing the greatest variable in flattening the amount of death and disease.
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Block Island reports first positive case of COVID-19
Block Island has announced its first positive case of COVID-19. The news comes not long after the town of New Shoreham passed an ordinance limiting travel to the island in an effort to protect residents from the coronavirus.
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Westerly Hospital Doctor Tests Positive For COVID-19
Westerly Hospital says “a physician associated” with the hospital has tested positive for COVID-19 and is now being monitored at home.
