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Governor McKee Executive Order declares Nursing Home Emergency in Rhode Island

January 2, 2024 |

A sign indicating a declaration of nursing home emergency due to inadequate minimum staffing.

Time stamped at 3:31pm on Friday, December 29th, not to be followed with a press release to the local media, yet covered in the Providence Journal on New Year’s Day, Governor McKee signed into law his 11th Executive Order of 2023. A Declaration of Nursing Home Emergency. The order acknowledges the crisis situation, almost back…

Putting the brakes on CMS proposed minimum staffing for nursing facilities – Herb Weiss

October 23, 2023

A woman is holding an elderly woman's hand.

By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issue In response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recent release of proposed rule to establish minimum federal staffing requirements, last week 97 members of Congress, mostly Republican, called on Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra to put the breaks on CMS’s proposed…

In the news: Quick recap of the week’s news… 6.14.25 June 14, 2025
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY Pawtucket: June 23: Slater Park Carousel opens daily, 11am to 5pm. June 28th – Pawtucket Vets public pool opens. Aug. 29 – Sept. 7, Pawtucket Arts Festival An unintentional overspend of Rhode Island’s motion picture tax credit program requires lawmakers to backfill a $3.2 million shortfall to production companies awarded incentives… […]
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Drowning in corruption in Bonnet Shores: Hundreds sign petition. No action by lawmakers. June 14, 2025
This is an update to a story RINewsToday did on April 1st – “Drowning in corruption in Bonnet Shores: by Dr. Melissa Jenkins Mangili”. Drowning in corruption in Bonnet Shores: Dr. Melissa Jenkins Mangili The latest development is a petition asking for change – to which the group says they have hundreds of signatures, but… […]
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Rhode Island Weather for June 14, 2025 – Jack Donnelly June 14, 2025
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Cloudy to start the weekend with showers occasionally dampening the mood through the afternoon. Cool, with highs only around 60 after morning lows in the low 50’s with a light easterly breeze. It’s a “C-” day! ___ Follow Jack’s weather forecasts, here: WEATHER WITH JOHN DONNELLY Jack Donnelly was born… […]
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Burn with Kearns: Train smarter, not harder. Multi-use fitness tools – Kevin Kearns June 14, 2025
By Coach Kevin Kearns – Founder of Burn with Kearns, UFC S&C Coach, and Master of Functional Innovation In an age of boutique gyms and trendy toys, it’s tempting to chase the newest, flashiest gear. But what really separates pros from amateurs isn’t just what they use—it’s how they use it. I’ve been in the… […]
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Out & About in RI: Miriam Hospital Gala raises over $890,000 June 14, 2025
The Miriam Hospital Raises $893,640 during Annual Gala Event’s auctions and fund-a-need support additional surgical technology for the hospital’s spine center More than 500 donors, friends, and supporters of The Miriam Hospital filled the Wildcat Center on the Harborside Campus of Johnson & Wales University on Friday, May 30 for the hospital’s annual Gala &… […]
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GriefSpeak: Waiting for Dad – Mari Nardolillo Dias June 13, 2025
By: Mari Nardolillo Dias, EdD, contributing writer, grief and grieving First published June, 2021: “If there is any immortality to be had among us human beings, it is certainly only in the love that we leave behind. Fathers like mine don’t ever die.” (Leo Buscaglia) This is my 22nd Father’s Day without you, and it… […]
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Rhode Island Weather for June 13, 2025 – Jack Donnelly June 13, 2025
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Friday starts out well enough, with sunshine and a few areas of high cloud cover. Eventually, a weak system approaches the area from the west and kicks up a shower or two during the overnight hours. Highs in the upper 70’s after morning lows in the upper 50’s with a southerly… […]
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Urgent call by Rhode Island Blood Center for Type O- and B- blood June 13, 2025
RHODE ISLAND BLOOD CENTER ISSUES URGENT CALL FOR TYPE O- AND B- BLOOD DONATIONS AHEAD OF WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY The region’s supply of critical blood types is currently at a 2-day level, dangerously low heading into the critical summer months RHODE ISLAND – Rhode Island Blood Center (RIBC) has issued an urgent call for… […]
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Real Estate in RI: Ready, Set, Own. Pathway to Homeownership workshop June 13, 2025
Free, First-Time Homebuyer Workshop to be Held on June 17 – BankRI and PCF Development partner to host virtual session during National Homeownership Month June is National Homeownership Month, and to help educate future homeowners, Bank Rhode Island (BankRI) and Pawtucket Central Falls Development (PCF Development) will host a free, virtual workshop for first-time buyers… […]
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Outdoors in RI – Risky cattails, Fight the Bite mosquito report, 2A gun ban bill update June 13, 2025
Fire hazard: Phragmites sometimes pose an overlooked risk Photo, top: Charlestown Beach, URI Photos / Laura Meyerson URI invasives expert studies a problematic plant Laura Meyerson was stepping through a marsh on the Housatonic River in Connecticut on a picture-perfect day as a young graduate student, when an offhand remark changed her whole outlook on the… […]
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