The Rhode Island governor says adjusting to a ‘new normal’ will require patience and flexibility.
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Raimondo says state employee layoffs and furloughs are ‘probable’ amidst pandemic
The Rhode Island governor says a looming budget deficit will force her to make some tough decisions.
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More than half of R.I. deaths related to COVID-19 were nursing home residents
More than half of the people in Rhode Island who have died from causes related to COVID-19 were living in nursing homes or some form of congregant living.
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National Guard Spreads Out Across RI Coastal Towns
The Rhode Island National Guard says it’s already visited about 600 homes as soldiers help enforce the governor’s new executive order requiring a two-week quarantine for all people coming in from out-of-state.
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What’s An Essential Retail Business?
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has ordered all non-essential retail businesses closed, beginning March 30. Here’s a list of essential businesses, as outlined in her executive order.
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RI 12 Step Meetings Go Online To Adapt To COVID-19
Twelve step group meetings are critical for many people in recovery. Now that community spaces have closed because of coronavirus, members are turning to streaming video meetings through services like Zoom.
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It’s “A Critical Time” For RI Food Pantries
People losing their jobs today because of the COVID-19 crisis could be people in need of food assistance tomorrow. And that has food pantries in Rhode Island bracing for a wave of new clients.
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At Community Health Center, It’s A “Tense Situation”
Community health centers in Rhode Island are operating under a new normal. At Wood River Health Services in Hope Valley, that means cancelled appointments, new protocols from the state Department of Health, and a surge of phone calls from uncertain patients with questions about COVID-19.
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Confronting Slavery’s Hidden History In RI’s South County
Rhode Island’s outsized role in slavery isn’t such a hidden secret anymore. In recent decades, prominent families have helped unearth the truth about ancestors who were slave traders. Brown University and the Episcopal Diocese, among others, now acknowledge they benefited from slavery. But less attention has been paid so far to the historic plantation economy of South County, R.I. Now a group of historians and volunteers wants to change that.
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First Case of Coronavirus Confirmed in Rhode Island
A man who traveled to Europe on a Saint Raphael Academy field trip has been diagnosed with the disease.