Chef Benjamin Velasquez closed his kitchen March 13, 2020 and laid off 10 workers when non-essential businesses were ordered to shut down to stop the spread of the coronavirus. VOA News By Chris Simkins As America confronts staggering job losses and weathers a screeching halt in many sectors of the economy, small businesses with limited cash […]readmore
VOA News By Ken Bredemeier The ranks of the unemployed keep growing in the U.S., with another 3.8 million workers claiming jobless compensation last week as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the world’s biggest economy, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The newest claims boosted the six-week total to 30.3 million, even as a […]readmore
Governor Raimondo and Dr. Alexander-Scott, Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health, released new data, which reveals that nearly half of Rhode Island’s COVID-19 cases are within the Latino community. This is very alarming, given that Latinos only make up roughly 15% of the overall population. In response, Latino leaders across the state have come […]readmore
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will temporarily close the Manville Bridge, which carries Manville Hill Road over the Blackstone River, the Blackstone River Bikeway and the Providence & Worcester Railroad between Lincoln and Cumberland on Monday, May 4 for a bridge rehabilitation project. The $11 million project includes repairing the bridge’s piers and […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI — Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed shared a new COVID-19 Resource Guide to help keep Rhode Islanders informed and updated about federal assistance and efforts to combat novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The guide covers a broad range of topics, helps answer frequently asked questions, and links people directly to COVID-19 relief resources. “These are difficult times and […]readmore
VOA News U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion that disinfectants could be used to treat coronavirus patients is triggering alarm among health experts, and warnings from a maker of the sanitizing solutions. Trump said at his regular White House coronavirus media briefing Thursday that scientists should investigate inserting disinfectants into patients’ bodies to cure COVID-19, the […]readmore
VOA News By Marissa Melton Editor’s Note: This is one in a series of profiles of Americans struggling with the economic impact caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Joyce Rydstrom of Alta, Iowa, had to shut the doors to her hair salon last month when the governor ordered a suspension of nonessential businesses to slow the spread […]readmore
VOA News By Steve Herman WHITE HOUSE – U.S. President Donald Trump will sign a $484 billion bill aiding small businesses and hospitals severely impaired by the coronavirus pandemic at noon Friday in the Oval Office, the White House announced Thursday night. The funds in the fourth spending package in just two months will allow tens […]readmore
Governor Gina M. Raimondo and Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD, MPH, the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) provided updates on Rhode Island’s response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) today. Self-checker tool: Today, the state launched the Rhode Island COVID-19 Self-Checker: a web-based, mobile friendly tool that will help Rhode Islanders make decisions about seeking appropriate […]readmore
Senator Reed teaming up with Coons, Klobuchar, & Duckworth to significantly increase the number of Americans who can serve each year through AmeriCorps, increase compensation to make it possible for all to serve WASHINGTON, DC — In an effort to mobilize the power of national service, assist communities in need, and put more Americans to work […]readmore
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