![[CREDIT: Gov. Raimodo's office] Dr. Anthony Fauci and Gov. Gina M. Raimondo discuss opening schools on Zoom Thursday afternoon.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Fauci-Raimondo-Zoom-Call-140x140.png)
PROVIDENCE, RI — Dr. Anthony Fauci joined Gov. Gina M. Raimondo Thursday on Zoom, praising Rhode Island’s low risk of COVID-19 infection, but Warwick School Committee Chairwoman Karen Bachus isn’t […]
![[Gov. Raimondo FB] Gov. Gina Raimondo called the Warwick School Committee's distance learning vote wrong and said she is seeking legal and funding options to use to convince the board to create and use an in-person plan.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Raimondo-disappointed-in-Warwick-School-Committee-distance-learning-vote-140x140.png)
WARWICK, R.I. — In what appears to be the only decision of its kind in Rhode Island so far, the Warwick School Committee this week voted to begin the school […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The RI State House. RIDOH warns COVID-19 masks are a must as spread is likely outside the home. Gov. Raimondo also announced new small business aid through a $10M loan program with Goldman Sachs.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/RI-State-House-3-140x140.jpg)
PROVIDENCE, RI — Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has delayed the start of school till Sept. 14, to give schools more time to prepare for in-person schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
TO THE EDITOR: An open letter to Gov. Gina M. Raimondo: Dear Governor Raimondo, I am writing today to express my extreme displeasure in the way you compared teachers to […]
![[WarwickPost illustration] COVID-19 plans for fall classes are in the works. Experts and teachers say they're all built on accepting some illness and death from the novel coronavirus.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/COVID-In-The-Classroom-140x140.jpg)
Warwick – The Warwick School Committee voted not to reopen Warwick school buildings Tuesday night, backing a second round of distance learning instead to eliminate COVID-19 risk to students and […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Warwick School Committee is making Warwick Public Schools Masks mandatory in the fall.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Warwick-Public_Schools-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI – The Warwick School Committee has made Warwick Schools masks mandatory this fall, but doubts from teachers and officials remain over whether it will be safe for students […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld suspending 2020 RI mail vote witnesses on Aug. 7.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/US-Courthouse-140x140.jpg)
PROVIDENCE, RI — The perennially debunked hobgoblin of voter fraud suffered another blow Aug. 7 as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit unanimously upheld a consent agreement […]
![[CREDIT: CDC] An image of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. RI has expanded COVID-19 no-symptom tests to all residents 18-39 years old. This population is the most likely to be infected and the most likely to not show symptoms, increasing their risk to others who may become more seriously ill from the virus.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/COVID-19-CDC-Image-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — Rhode Island’s expanding COVID-19 no-symptom tests to include every resident 18-39 years old, and contracting to increase test capacity to 9,000 per day. “I hope this news […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and 27 Senate colleagues are urging U.S. Senate leadership to reject the Trump Administration’s push conditioning […]
![[CREDIT: YouTube screenshot] On Wednesday, the Warwick School Committee learned in-person school will cost $15 million.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Warwick-School-Committee-July-29-140x140.jpg)
Warwick – The School Committee’s Reopening Task Force estimates in-person school costs this fall at $15 million, while distance learning’s cost is $4 million, Chief Budget Officer Anthony Ferrucci told […]
![[CREDIT: Warwick Post Files] The bars at O'Rourke's and Buffalo Wild Wings have been shut down with 10 days to comply with COVID-19 safety guidelines.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Warwick-Restaurant-Bars-Closed-COVID-19-Violations-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK RI — Two Warwick restaurants’ bars are closed after the RIDOH issued compliance orders to 10 eateries for COVID-19 violations. The RI Department of Health has closed the bars […]
PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island’s just exited an exclusive club of states requiring mail ballot witness signatures during the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to a suit by the ACLU of RI, Campaign […]
