Saying downtown is back, Providence restaurateurs were joined by the mayor Friday to say they’re doing all that they can to attract diners, shoppers and everyone back into the city that is emerging from its more than year-long shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. … MORE
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Restaurants in Rhode Island are free to welcome more customers and the state’s houses of worship can welcome more of the faithful starting Friday. Many businesses and other indoor spaces can now operate at 80% capacity under rules announced by Gov. Daniel McKee last month. The rules also apply to retailers,…… MORE
A Rhode Island police officer has been convicted of punching and kneeing a man in custody. … MORE
The Navy has agreed to make more than $39 million in repairs at Naval Station Newport that will ensure the facility is in compliance with laws regulating the discharge of stormwater into Narragansett Bay. … MORE
A 20-year contract between Rhode Island and the state’s largest gambling companies was unveiled this week. … MORE
The Biden administration is looking at ways to subsidize child care, classifying such support as infrastructure, Vice President Kamala Harris said, in a visit to Rhode Island on Wednesday. … MORE
Rhode Island Gov. Daniel McKee is working on a plan to boost the state’s post-pandemic economy by distributing tens of thousands of $25 gift cards to residents to encourage them to shop at local businesses.… MORE
GROTON, Conn. (AP) — U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo promoted federal funding for job apprenticeships during a visit to submarine maker Electric Boat in Connecticut. They said job training is going to be a key to putting back to work people who lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic. They…… MORE
CVS Health hiked its 2021 forecast and beat Wall Street’s first-quarter expectations as a growing insurance business countered hits the health care giant took from a weak cold and flu season. … MORE
The owner of a Massachusetts pizza parlor lied about the number of employees he had to fraudulently obtain more than $660,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds, then used some of the money to buy and stock an alpaca farm in Vermont, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.… MORE
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