Category Archives: coronavirus
Gov. Baker: All long-term care workers must be vaccinated
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced Wednesday that his administration will begin mandating that staff working in long-term care facilities receive...
Aug 04, 2021
Rhode Island to close 6 school COVID-19 testing sites
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island is shutting down six state-run COVID-19 testing sites that since September have exclusively served school and child care students ...
Jul 16, 2021
Pandemic unemployment fraud grows another $9M
Director Matt Weldon of the RI Department of Labor and Training. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - There have now been almost $54 million in fraudulent unemployment claims in Rh...
Jul 07, 2021
Rhode Island launches incentive program to benefit charities
RI Foundation President & CEO Neil Steinberg (at right) and RI Commerce Secretary Stefan Pryor discuss details of the COVID-19 Vaccination Incentive Fund announced by Gov. Dan McKee July 6, 2021. ...
Jul 06, 2021
CCRI schedules 2 enrollment/vaccination clinics
Community College of Rhode Island Warwick campus. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Community College of Rhode Island is hosting two COVID-19 vaccination clinics this week i...
Jun 28, 2021
Massachusetts announces details of $1M vaccine lottery
Gov. Charlie Baker gets the COVID vaccine at the Hynes Convention Center April 6, 2021. Photo courtesy Mass. Governor’s Office BOSTON (AP) - The first of five drawings for the Massachusetts coro...
Jun 25, 2021
Mass. reminds vendors: No alcohol delivery to public beaches
Crowds flocked to Horseneck Beach in Westport, Mass. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BOSTON (AP) - Complaints about alcohol being delivered to beaches in South Boston prompted a reminder from the sta...
Jun 22, 2021
Governor unveils plan to spend $2.8B in federal relief funds
COVID vaccination. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News HAVERHILL, Mass. (AP) - Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday he plans to use nearly $3 billion in federal pandemic-relief funds to support...
Jun 17, 2021
Rhode Island’s unemployment rate falls to 5.8% in May
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) - The state Department of Labor and Training says Rhode Island's unemployment rate, which surged to more than 17% in the early days of the coronavi...
Jun 17, 2021
McKee extends Rhode Island’s pandemic state of emergency
Governor Dan McKee. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gov. Daniel McKee has signed an executive order that extends Rhode Island's state of emergency for the coronavirus pandemic...
Jun 11, 2021
