Category Archives: coronavirus
Rhode Island gets $70M to boost testing, vaccinations
People line up for coronavirus tests at the RI Convention Center December 7, 2020. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island has received an infusion of more than $70 milli...
Jan 25, 2021
RWU starts spring semester with aggressive testing program
BRISTOL, R.I. (AP) - Roger Williams University in Rhode Island is starting the spring semester with a robust coronavirus testing program that requires students to get tested twice per week. The Bristo...
Jan 25, 2021
AG reviewing who is getting COVID vaccines in Rhode Island
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's attorney general is reviewing whether the state's largest hospital operators are pr...
Jan 21, 2021
Gov. signs order to alleviate substitute teacher shortage
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gov. Gina Raimondo has signed an executive order allowing retired teachers to return to the classroom while continuing to collect their full pension, a move meant to help allev...
Jan 20, 2021
1st Amendment group asks Raimondo to stop avoiding reporters
Gov. Gina Raimondo in a September, 2019 file photo. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WESTBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - A First Amendment rights organization with the backing of journalists' organizations is a...
Jan 20, 2021
Fenway Park to serve as vaccination site
Fenway Park in Boston. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts on Tuesday named Fenway Park as the site of its next mass COVID-19 vaccination site. Starting Feb. 1, the ballp...
Jan 20, 2021
Raimondo extends restrictions, pledges more testing
RI Gov. Gina Raimondo appears at her 125th coronavirus briefing January 13, 2021 at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium. It may be her final COVID briefing, as she now faces U.S. Senate confirmation foll...
Jan 13, 2021
Massachusetts set to open first mass vaccination site
Gillette Stadium in Foxborough is set to become Massachusetts’ first mass coronavirus vaccination site. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts is preparing to open its...
Jan 12, 2021
Mass. COVID field hospital sees increased admissions
In a photo provided December 3, 2020 by the office of the Massachusetts governor, a portion of the field hospital at the DCU Center in Worcester is seen. The Associated Press The temporary field hospi...
Jan 10, 2021
Potential COVID contact puts Lt. Gov. in quarantine
RI Lt. Gov. Dan McKee spoke with reporters May 29, 2019 in his State House office. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News The Associated Press Lt. Gov. Daniel McKee is quarantining at home after coming...
Jan 10, 2021
