Category Archives: coronavirus
Massachusetts to lift public school mask mandate on Feb. 28
Gov. Charlie Baker announces February 9, 2022 that the mandate that face masks be worn in schools will be lifted effective Feb. 28. MALDEN, Mass. (AP) - Students and staff at public schools in Massach...
Feb 09, 2022
Massachusetts to send $500 to 500,000 low-income workers
Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker spoke to reporters recently in a photo issued by his office BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts is poised to begin distributing $500 payments to about 500,000 low-income workers, Gov....
Feb 08, 2022
Governor names interim health department director
RI Department of Health Medical Director Dr. James McDonald demonstrates face mask use during a Zoom conference call October 19, 2020. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island health department official...
Jan 27, 2022
2nd top Rhode Island health official announces resignation
Tom McCarthy, Executive Director for COVID response RI Department of Health. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Just days after the director of Rhode Island's Department of ...
Jan 21, 2022
Rhode Island man pleads guilty to unemployment fraud
U.S. District Courthouse in Providence. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island man who authorities say submitted fraudulent online applications for coronavirus pa...
Jan 14, 2022
Rhode Island works to ease staffing crunch at hospitals
Gov. Dan McKee kicks off a COVID briefing in the Governor’s State Room of the State House January 12, 2022. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island is trying to eas...
Jan 12, 2022
Short-staffed hospitals allow asymptomatic employees to work
Eleanor Slater Hospital in Cranston. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO NewsPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Two health care facilities in Rhode Island have allowed staff who tested positive for COVID-19 but were not...
Jan 10, 2022
Massachusetts school mask requirement extended to Feb. 28
Massachusetts Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Jeffrey Riley is seen in an April 30, 2021 file photo provided by the Office of the Mass. GovernorMALDEN, Mass. (AP) - Students and emp...
Jan 10, 2022
Internal report warned R.I. gov of COVID uptick in November
Gov. Dan McKee delivers his last COVID briefing of the year in Woonsocket December 30, 2021. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A confidential government report obtained by The B...
Jan 05, 2022
RIC, CCRI switch to remote learning to start semester
The Community College of Rhode Island Knight campus in Warwick. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island College and the Community College of Rhode Island announced W...
Jan 05, 2022
